3D Robotic Mapping (Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, 52)
<P>Focuses on acquiring spatial models of physical environments through mobile robots</P> <P>The robotic mapping problem is commonly referred to as SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping). </P> <P>3D maps are necessary to avoid collisions with complex obstacles and to self-localize in six degrees of freedom (<EM>x</EM>-, <EM>y</EM>-, <EM>z</EM>-position, roll, yaw and pitch angle)</P> <P>New solutions to the 6D SLAM problem for 3D laser scans are proposed and a wide variety of applications are presented</P>