Johann Borenstein

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name = Johann Borenstein

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fields = Robotics
workplaces = University of Michigan
alma_mater = Technion
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Johann Borenstein is an Israeli roboticist and Professor at the University of Michigan. Borenstein is well known for his work in autonomous obstacle avoidance, and is credited with the development of the Vector Field Histogram.cite journal
author = Borenstein, J.
coauthors = Koren, Y.
year = 1991
title = The vector field histogram-fast obstacle avoidance for mobilerobots
journal = Robotics and Automation, IEEE Transactions on
volume = 7
issue = 3
pages = 278-288
url = http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=88137
accessdate = 2008-06-30] cite conference
author = Ulrich, I.
coauthors = Borenstein, J.
year = 1998
title = VFH+: reliable obstacle avoidance for fast mobile robots
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booktitle = Robotics and Automation, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 IEEE International Conference on
volume = 2
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url = http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=677362
conferenceurl = ] cite journal
author = Borenstein, J.
coauthors = Koren, Y.
year = 1989
title = Real-time obstacle avoidance for fact mobile robots
journal = Systems, Man and Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on
volume = 19
issue = 5
pages = 1179-1187
url = http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=44033
accessdate = 2008-07-12] cite conference
author = Koren, Y.
coauthors = Borenstein, J.
year = 1991
title = Potential field methods and their inherent limitations for mobilerobot navigation
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booktitle = Robotics and Automation, 1991. Proceedings., 1991 IEEE International Conference on
pages = 1398-1404
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url = http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=131810
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Borenstein received his B.Sc., M.Sc., and D.Sc. degrees in mechanical engineering from the Technion in 1981, 1983, and 1987, respectively.

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External links

* [http://www-personal.umich.edu/~johannb/ Home page]