Robotic Exploration and Landmark Determination Hardware-Efficient Algorithms and FPGA Implementations /

• Main Authors: Sridharan, K. (Author), Kumar, Panakala Rajesh (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Studies in Computational Intelligence, 81
• Subjects: Engineering.; Artificial intelligence.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Automation.; Robotics and Automation.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).

Much of the research effort in mobile robots in the recent past has been on sensing and design of time-efficient algorithms for tasks such as localization, mapping and navigation. Mobile robots typically employ an embedded computer for high level computations. As applications of robots expand, there...

Table of Contents:

• Literature Survey
• Design and Development of an FPGA-based Robot
• Hardware-Efficient Robotic Exploration
• Hardware-Efficient Landmark Determination
• The Road Ahead.