Probabilistic robotics

Abstract

Planning and navigation algorithms exploit statistics gleaned from uncertain, imperfect real-world environments to guide robots toward their goals and around obstacles.

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Index Terms

• Computer systems organization

  • Embedded and cyber-physical systems

    • Robotics

• Computing methodologies

  • Artificial intelligence

    • Control methods

      • Robotic planning

    • Planning and scheduling

      • Robotic planning

• Mathematics of computing

  • Probability and statistics