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Ultra-wideband (UWB) positioning has emerged as a low-cost and dependable localization solution for multiple use cases, from mobile robots to asset tracking within the Industrial IoT. The technology is mature and the scientific literature…

Ultra-wideband (UWB) time difference of arrival (TDOA)-based localization has recently emerged as a promising indoor positioning solution. However, in cluttered environments, both the UWB radio positions and the obstacle-induced…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-04-12 Wenda Zhao , Abhishek Goudar , Angela P. Schoellig

Using low-frequency (UHF to L-band) ultra-wideband (UWB) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology for detecting buried and obscured targets, e.g. bomb or mine, has been successfully demonstrated recently. Despite promising recent progress,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-10-09 Tiep Vu , Lam Nguyen , Vishal Monga

Radio-based methods such as Ultra-Wideband (UWB) and RAdio Detection And Ranging (radar), which have traditionally seen limited adoption in robotics, are experiencing a boost in popularity thanks to their robustness to harsh environmental…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Andrés Martínez-Silva , David Alejo , Luis Merino , Fernando Caballero

State estimation is an essential part of autonomous systems. Integrating the Ultra-Wideband(UWB) technique has been shown to correct the long-term estimation drift and bypass the complexity of loop closure detection. However, few works on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-01 Haodong Jiang , Wentao Wang , Yuan Shen , Xinghan Li , Xiaoqiang Ren , Biqiang Mu , Junfeng Wu

We present a tracking system for relative positioning that can operate on entirely moving tracking nodes without the need for stationary anchors. Each node embeds a 9-DOF magnetic and inertial measurement unit and a single-antenna…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-20 Rayan Armani , Christian Holz

This paper investigates an infra-structure free global localization of a group of communicating mobile agents (e.g., first responders or exploring robots) via an ultra-wideband (UWB) inter-agent ranging aided dead-reckoning. We propose a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-01 Jianan Zhu , Solmaz S. Kia

Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology is an emerging low-cost solution for localization in a generic environment. However, UWB signal can be affected by signal reflections and non-line-of-sight (NLoS) conditions between anchors; hence, in a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-09 Umberto Albertin , Alessandro Navone , Mauro Martini , Marcello Chiaberge

The high time resolution of ultra-wideband (UWB) signals facilitates very precise position estimation in many scenarios, which makes a variety applications possible. This paper reviews the problem of position estimation in UWB systems,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2008-07-18 S. Gezici , H. V. Poor

Millimeter-accuracy Ultra-Wideband (UWB) positioning systems using the Time Difference Of Arrival (TDOA) algorithm are able to be utilized in military and many other important applications. Previous research on UWB positioning system has…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-07-30 Sheng Jiang , Matthew Trinkle , Hongyuan Wang

Ultra-wideband (UWB) systems are becoming increasingly popular as a means of inter-robot ranging and communication. A major constraint associated with UWB is that only one pair of UWB transceivers can range at a time to avoid interference,…

In this paper we propose a method to achieve relative positioning and tracking of a target by a quadcopter using Ultra-wideband (UWB) ranging sensors, which are strategically installed to help retrieve both relative position and bearing…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-07-02 Thien-Minh Nguyen , Abdul Hanif Zaini , Chen Wang , Kexin Guo , Lihua Xie

Navigation in an unknown environment without any preexisting positioning infrastructure has always been hard for mobile robots. This paper presents a self-deployable ultra wideband UWB infrastructure by mobile agents, that permits a dynamic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-19 Luca Santoro , Davide Brunelli , Daniele Fontanelli

Ultra-wideband (UWB) is a promising technology for indoor position estimation for various localization applications of object swarms, such as in 3D analysis of human movement with multiple on-body sensors or a swarm of drones in an indoor…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-30 Vinish Yogesh , Bert-Jan van Beijnum , Jaap H. Buurke , Chris T. M. Baten

Ultra-wideband (UWB) is gaining popularity with devices like AirTags for precise home item localization but faces significant challenges when scaled to large environments like seaports. The main challenges are calibration and localization…

Ultra-wideband (UWB) ranging has emerged as a key radio technology for robot positioning and relative localization in multi-robot systems. Multiple works are now advancing towards more scalable systems, but challenges still remain. This…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-03-09 Paola Torrico Morón , Jorge Peña Queralta , Tomi Westerlund

This paper presents a framework for the real-time initialization of unknown Ultra-Wideband (UWB) anchors in UWB-aided navigation systems. The method is designed for localization solutions where UWB modules act as supplementary sensors. Our…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-23 Giulio Delama , Igor Borowski , Roland Jung , Stephan Weiss

Relative localization (RL) is essential for the successful operation of micro air vehicle (MAV) swarms. Achieving accurate 3-D RL in infrastructure-free and GPS-denied environments with only distance information is a challenging problem…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-05-29 Changrui Liu , Sven U. Pfeiffer , Guido C. H. E. de Croon

In this paper, we investigate ultra-wideband (UWB) localization and tracking in cluttered environments. Instead of mitigating the multipath, we exploit the specular reflections to enhance the localizability and improve the positioning…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-30 Chenglong Li , Zukun Lu , Long Huang , Shaojie Ni , Guangfu Sun , Emmeric Tanghe , Wout Joseph

An unknown-position sensor can be localized if there are three or more anchors making time-of-arrival (TOA) measurements of a signal from it. However, the location errors can be very large due to the fact that some of the measurements are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Hongyang Chen , Kenneth W. K. Lui , Zizhuo Wang , H. C. So , H. Vincent Poor