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| | Intelligent Systems Division |
 | | Specific subsystems may be assigned to handle such tasks as recognizing obstacles and landmarks, mapping the environment for navigation, detecting and reacting to unexpected objects, locating objects for manipulation, comparing scenes for security and surveillance, and planing paths. |
 | | Accelerometers, inertial navigation systems, and differential global positioning system receivers measure vehicle motion through the environment and precisely locate vehicles, targets, obstacles, and terrain features on a map database. |
 | | There is a need in the intelligent control research community for quantitative, objective performance metrics to define and structure the problem domain, to improve communication among researchers, and to lay the groundwork for methods to describe and evaluate future new products resulting from research. |
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