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Journal of Robotics
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 679875, 6 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/679875
Research Article

The Need for High-Fidelity Robotics Sensor Models

Phillip J. Durst,1 Christopher Goodin,1 Burhman Q. Gates,1 Christopher L. Cummins,1 Burney McKinley,1 Jody D. Priddy,1 Peter Rander,2 and Brett Browning2

1Mobility Systems Branch, Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USA
2National Robotics Engineer Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Ten 40th street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, USA

Received 11 January 2011; Accepted 7 September 2011

Academic Editor: Lyle N. Long

Copyright © 2011 Phillip J. Durst et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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