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Off-road Robotics—An Overview

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This article gives an overview of the current state of research in the field of off-road robotics. It focuses on techniques used in the areas of perception, environment representation, as well as navigation, and introduces different types of robot control systems. A presentation of different applications is given along with an outlook on future developments.

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Notes

  1. http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge05/.

  2. http://elrob.org/.

  3. http://www.velodyne.com/.

  4. pmd: Photonic Mixer Device.

  5. hdrc: High Dynamic Range cmos.

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Berns, K., Kuhnert, KD. & Armbrust, C. Off-road Robotics—An Overview. Künstl Intell 25, 109–116 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13218-011-0100-4

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