... WAY TO GO! FindingYourWaywith a Compass Written by Sharon Sharth Illustrated by David Wenzel WAY TO GO! FindingYourWaywith a Compass Electronic book published by ipicturebooks.com ... to figure out which way is north Next, pick a spot in the area that will be your destination Put a red X on the map to show where it is Have your friend the same Switch maps withyour friend ... without permission in writing from the publisher e-ISBN 1-59019-635-X Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sharth, Sharon Way to go! : findingyourwaywith a compass / written by...
... relative orientation i can be computed from i = i- 1 + i (1.6) and the relative position of the centerpoint is xi = xi-1 + Ui cos i yi = yi-1 + Ui sin i where xi, yi = relative position of ... a military perspective, the use of existing-inventory equipment of this type simplifies some of the logistics problems associated with vehicle maintenance In addition, reliability of the drive ... is oriented in a north-south direction, it is insensitive to the earth's rotation, and no tilting occurs From this it follows that if tilting is observed, the spin axis is no longer aligned with...
... a military perspective, the use of existing-inventory equipment of this type simplifies some of the logistics problems associated with vehicle maintenance In addition, reliability of the drive ... is oriented in a north-south direction, it is insensitive to the earth's rotation, and no tilting occurs From this it follows that if tilting is observed, the spin axis is no longer aligned with ... define the vertical axis of the gyro The vertical axis is perpendicular to both the horizontal axis and the spin axis Notice that if this configuration is oriented such that the spin axis points...
... shock and vibration, insensitivity to gravity effects, quick start-up, and good sensitivity in terms of bias drift rate and the random walk coefficient Coil geometry is not critical, and no path ... make it well suited for use as a geomagnetic sensor: 1) high sensitivity, 2) directionality, and, in the case of AMR sensors, 3) the characteristic “flipping” action associated with the direction ... rotation [Fraden, 1993] This difference in location between true north and magnetic north is known as declination and varies with both time and geographical location Corrective values are routinely...
... for analysis Data manipulations included obtaining the position error from a surveyed location, generating histograms of position error and navigation mode, and plotting dynamic position data ... exhibited similar static position error performance The static navigation mode results did not differentiate the sensitivity of the various receivers significantly The Magellan unit navigated in ... detection due to ringing from residual transmit signals in the transducer The received signals are amplified with increased gain over time to compensate for the decrease in sound intensity with distance...
... signal Response time s amplitude, ambient light, and temperature to facilitate Diameter 7.6 cm dynamic calibration for optimal accuracy in demanding in applications The range output changes within ... typical scan image created with the Autosense II is shown in Figure 4.15 A third-generation AutoSense III is now under development for an application in Canada that requires 3-dimensional vehicle ... resulting in precise distance measurement to multiple targets in a scene illuminated by a single laser pulse The design configuration is relatively simple and comparable in size and weight to traditional...
... final orientation error is not considered explicitly in the expression for E max,syst This 136 Part II Systems and Methods for Mobile Robot Positioning is because all systematic orientation ... showed higher susceptibility to non-systematic errors In real applications it is imperative that the largest possible disturbance be determined and used in testing For example, the estimated standard ... 122 Part I Sensors for Mobile Robot Positioning Figure 4.31: Range and intensity scans obtained with Adams' 3-D Imaging Scanner a In the range scan the brightness of each pixel is proportional to...
... navigation is attractive mainly because it is self-contained and no external motion information is needed for positioning One important advantage of inertial navigation is its ability to provide ... the description of this experiment in [Komoriya and Oyama, 1994] it is not immediately evident how the “position estimation error” (i. e., the circles) in Figure 5.17b was found In our opinion, these ... study without (Figure 5.15a) andwith (Figure 5.15b) the fusion of gyro information The ellipses show the reliability of position estimates (the probability that the robot stays within the ellipses...
... in making this decision is feature visibility Based on internal models for different features, the robot's decisions are aided by a routine check on visibility For example, the visibility of ... is given by the uncertainties in robot orientation Fw and the width is given by the uncertainty in depth FD This area is approximated by an ellipse with the major and minor axis given by Fw and ... map building It is important to take explicit account of the uncertainties; modeling the errors by probability distributions and using Kalman filtering techniques are good ways to deal with these...
... two-dimensional In this case, the vertical edges provide point features and two-dimensional positioning requires identification of three unique features If the features are uniquely identifiable and ... the intrinsic and extrinsic camera parameters from a set of multiple features provided by landmarks Their aim is to establish the three-dimensional position and orientation of a camera with respect ... Positioning Using a Single Camera If a camera is mounted on a mobile robot with its optical axis parallel to the floor and vertical edges of an environment provide landmarks, then the positioning...
... Histogramic inmotion mapping (HIMM) and heuristic probability function HIMM results in a sensor grid in which entries in close proximity to actual object locations have a a favorable (low) Index ... lens A light array (3x3) 40 mm Omnidirectional vision navigation with beacon recognition Vision algorithm for mobile vehicle navigation TRC Labmate Vision camera Two sets of four coplanar points ... estimate is within meters of the true position Classification of data points Weighted voting of correction vectors Clustering sensor data points Line fitting [MacKenzie and Dudek, 1994] McGill...
... “Hierarchical Evidence Accumulation in the PSEIKI System and Experiments in Model-driven Mobile Robot Navigation.” in Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence, Vol 5, Elsevier Science Publishers ... A Guide to the Next Utility, No 16778, Trimble Navigation, Sunnyvale, CA, Nov 155 Institute of Navigation 1992 Class notes from "Introduction to GPS/INS Integration," Institute of Navigation ... Duchnowski, L.J., 1992, “Vehicle and Driver Analysis with Real-Time Precision Location Techniques.” Sensors, May, pp 40-47 97 Edlinger, T and Puttkamer, E., 1994, “Exploration of an Indoor Environment...
... Computerized Travel Aid for the Blind." Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, San Diego, CA, May 8-13, 1994, pp 20232029 Paper 53 Borenstein, J, 1994g, "Internal ... Paper 56 Borenstein, J., Wehe, D., Feng, C., Koren, Y., 1995, "Mobile Robot Navigation in Narrow Aisles with Ultrasonic Sensors." Presented at the ANS 6th Topical Meeting on Robotics and Remote Systems," ... 1994, "UMBmark — A Method for Measuring, Comparing, and Correcting Dead-reckoning Errors in Mobile Robots." Technical Report, The University of Michigan UM-MEAM -94-22, December 1994 ...
... Browsing structural views Searching for a specific pattern Following relationships Current IDE’s: “explosion” of disconnected views loss of context disorientation JQuery: within a single navigation ... University of British Columbia JQuery: How it works Incrementally perform the exploration by extending each view with a sub-view Select extension point Software Practices Lab The University ... University of British Columbia JQuery: How it works Filtering by regular expression Search for “Figure”: • Open query dialog • Edit query Software Practices Lab The University of British Columbia...
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