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This paper addresses the problem of distributed event localization using noisy range measurements with respect to sensors with known positions. Event localization is fundamental in many wireless sensor network applications such as homeland…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-07-03 Chunlei Zhang , Yongqiang Wang

Localization between a swarm of AUVs can be entirely estimated through the use of range measurements between neighboring AUVs via a class of techniques commonly referred to as sensor network localization. However, the localization quality…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-10-07 Alan Papalia , John Leonard

This paper presents novel algorithms for the Fermat-Weber Location Problem, guiding an autonomous agent to the point that minimizes the weighted sum of Euclidean distances to some beacons using only bearing measurements. The existing…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-25 Nhat-Minh Le-Phan , Phuoc Doan Nguyen , Hyo-Sung Ahn , Minh Hoang Trinh

This paper addresses the distributed localization problem for a network of sensors placed in a three-dimensional space, in which sensors are able to perform range measurements, i.e., measure the relative distance between them, and exchange…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-21 Jinze Wu , Lorenzo Zino , Zhiyun Lin , Alessandro Rizzo

Localization can be achieved by different sensors and techniques such as a global positioning system (GPS), wifi, ultrasonic sensors, and cameras. In this paper, we focus on the laser-based localization method for unmanned aerial vehicle…

Deep Reinforcement Learning is quickly becoming a popular method for training autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Our work analyzes the effects of measurement uncertainty on the performance of Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) based…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-14 Bhaskar Joshi , Dhruv Kapur , Harikumar Kandath

Visual localization for planar moving robot is important to various indoor service robotic applications. To handle the textureless areas and frequent human activities in indoor environments, a novel robust visual localization algorithm…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-11-03 Yanmei Jiao , Lilu Liu , Bo Fu , Xiaqing Ding , Minhang Wang , Yue Wang , Rong Xiong

In this paper, we study a joint detection, mapping and navigation problem for a single unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with a low complexity radar and flying in an unknown environment. The goal is to optimize its trajectory with the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-07-23 Anna Guerra , Francesco Guidi , Davide Dardari , Petar M. Djuric

This paper deals with the development of a localization methodology for autonomous vehicles using only a $3\Dim$ LIDAR sensor. In the context of this paper, localizing a vehicle in a known 3D global map of the environment is essentially to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-02-15 Naga Venkat Adurthi

Efficient, accurate, and flexible relative localization is crucial in air-ground collaborative tasks. However, current approaches for robot relative localization are primarily realized in the form of distributed multi-robot SLAM systems…

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), equipped with cameras, are employed in numerous applications, including aerial photography, surveillance, and agriculture. In these applications, robust object detection and tracking are essential for the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-18 Hui Ye , Rajshekhar Sunderraman , Shihao Ji

This paper presents a trustworthy framework for achieving accurate cooperative localization in multiple unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems. The The Cramer-Rao Lower Bound (CRLB) for the three-dimensional (3D) cooperative localization…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-27 Zexin Fang , Bin Han , Hans D. Schotten

This paper presents an autonomous sensing framework for identifying and localizing multiple users in Fifth Generation (5G) cooperative networks using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) that is not part of the serving access network. Unlike…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-03 Niccolò Paglierani , Francesco Linsalata , Vineeth Teeda , Davide Scazzoli , Maurizio Magarini

We present a flexible family of 3D mobility models suitable for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Based on stochastic differential equations, the models offer a unique property of explicitly incorporating the mobility control mechanism and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-30 Peter J. Smith , Pawel A. Dmochowski , Ikram Singh , Richard Green , Carl P. Dettmann , Justin P. Coon

Relative localization in the near-field scenario is critically important for unmanned vehicle (UxV) applications. Although related works addressing 2D relative localization problem have been widely studied for unmanned ground vehicles…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-25 Qiangsheng Gao , Ka Ho Cheng , Li Qiu , Zijun Gong

In this paper, we propose a ground-based monocular UAV localisation system that detects and localises an LED marker attached to the underside of a UAV. Our system removes the need for extensive infrastructure and calibration unlike existing…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-07 Xueyan Oh , Ryan Lim , Leonard Loh , Chee How Tan , Shaohui Foong , U-Xuan Tan

To improve the localization precision of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a novel framework is established by jointly utilizing multiple measurements of received signal strength (RSS) from multiple base stations (BSs) and multiple points on…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-04 Yifan Li , Feng Shu , Baihua Shi , Xin Cheng , Yaoliang Song , Jiangzhou Wang

Robust localization in dense urban scenarios using a low-cost sensor setup and sparse HD maps is highly relevant for the current advances in autonomous driving, but remains a challenging topic in research. We present a novel monocular…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-22 Kürsat Petek , Kshitij Sirohi , Daniel Büscher , Wolfram Burgard

In this paper, we focus on the modification of policies that can lead to movement patterns and directional guidance of occupants, which are represented as agents in a 3D simulation engine. We demonstrate an optimization method that improves…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-07-20 Xun Zhang , Mathew Schwartz , Muhammad Usman , Petros Faloutsos , Mubbasir Kapadia

Accurate and ubiquitous localization is crucial for a variety of applications such as logistics, navigation, intelligent transport, monitoring, control, and also for the benefit of communications. Exploiting millimeter-wave (mmWave) signals…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-02 Mohammad A. Nazari , Gonzalo Seco-Granados , Pontus Johannisson , Henk Wymeersch