CVIWM: A Tightly Coupled State Estimation Method for Poultry House Inspection Robots in Structurally Degraded

Hongfeng Deng1,2, Canhuan Lu1,2, Jiacheng Jiang1,2

  • 1College of Engineering, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.

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