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Although the robots we see in science fiction movies appear to navigate with effortless precision, in reality mobile robot navigation is a difficult research problem. Indeed, simply answering the question “where am I?” in truly autonomous fashion is a serious challenge for today’s mobile robot. We use the term localization to refer to the process of determining a robot’s position using information from external sensors. Our research has focused on the provision of this capability using airborne ultrasonic range sensing, which shall henceforth be referred to as sonar.
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Leonard, J.J., Durrant-Whyte, H.F. (1992). Introduction. In: Directed Sonar Sensing for Mobile Robot Navigation. The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, vol 175. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3652-9_1
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