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5. Sensing and Estimation

Authors : Henrik I. Christensen, Gregory D. Hager

Published in: Springer Handbook of Robotics

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Sensing and estimation are essential aspects of the design of any robotic system. At a very basic level, the state of the robot itself must be estimated for feedback control. At a higher level, perception, which is defined here to be task-oriented interpretation of sensor data, allows the integration of sensor information across space and time to facilitate planning.

This chapter provides a brief overview of common sensing methods and estimation techniques that have found broad applicability in robotics. The presentation is structured according to a process model that includes sensing, feature extraction, data association, parameter estimation, and model integration. Several common sensing modalities are introduced and characterized. Common methods for estimation in linear and nonlinear systems are discussed, including statistical estimation, the Kalman filter, and sample-based methods. Strategies for robust estimation are also briefly described. Finally, several common representations for estimation are introduced.

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Title: Sensing and Estimation
Authors: Henrik I. Christensen
Gregory D. Hager
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Springer Handbook of Robotics
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-32550-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-32552-1

Copyright Year: 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32552-1_5

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