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Control Problems in Robotics and Automation

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences ((LNCIS,volume 230))

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Sensor fusion involves a wide spectrum of areas, ranging from hardware for sensors and data acquisition, through analog and digital processing of the data, up to symbolic analysis all within a theoretical framework that solves some class of problem. We review recent work on major problems in sensor fusion in the areas of theory, architecture, agents, robotics, and navigation. Finally, we describe our work on major architectural techniques for designing and developing wide area sensor network systems and for achieving robustness in multisensor systems.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Utah, USA

    Thomas C. Henderson, Mohamed Dekhil & Robert R. Kessler

  2. Hewlett Packard Labs, USA

    Martin L. Griss

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Henderson, T.C., Dekhil, M., Kessler, R.R., Griss, M.L. (1998). Sensor fusion. In: Siciliano, B., Valavanis, K.P. (eds) Control Problems in Robotics and Automation. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 230. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0015084

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