Mobile Intelligent Autonomous Systems

3	Data Fusion in Mobile Intelligent Autonomous Systems Ajith K. Gopal

CONTENTS

3.1      Introduction

3.2      Why Does MIAS Need Data Fusion

3.3      A Brief Overview of Data Fusion Approaches in MIAS

3.4      Concluding Remarks

References

3.1      INTRODUCTION

Intelligent field robotic systems are mobile robots that operate in an unconstrained environment that is constantly changing with regard to both internal and external states. Further, unlike their conventional manufacturing counterparts that operate in controlled environments, these internal and external states are not part of a finite defined set and hence the challenge in field robotic systems lies in the significantly more complex levels of perception, navigation, planning ...