Paper:
Visual Navigation of a Wheeled Mobile Robot Using Front Image in Semi-Structured Environment
Keita Kurashiki, Mareus Aguilar, and Sakon Soontornvanichkit
Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan

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