TY - CHAP AU - Remi Boutteau AU - Xavier Savatier AU - Jean-Yves Ertaud AU - Belahcene Mazari ED - Alejandra Barrera Y1 - 2010-03-01 PY - 2010 T1 - A 3D Omnidirectional Sensor For Mobile Robot Applications N2 - Mobile robots navigation includes different interrelated activities: (i) perception, as obtaining and interpreting sensory information; (ii) exploration, as the strategy that guides the robot to select the next direction to go; (iii) mapping, involving the construction of a spatial representation by using the sensory information perceived; (iv) localization, as the strategy to estimate the robot position within the spatial map; (v) path planning, as the strategy to find a path towards a goal location being optimal or not; and (vi) path execution, where motor actions are determined and adapted to environmental changes. The book addresses those activities by integrating results from the research work of several authors all over the world. Research cases are documented in 32 chapters organized within 7 categories next described. BT - Mobile Robots Navigation SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/9001 DO - 10.5772/9001 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-16 ER -