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Object detection in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) remote sensing images poses significant challenges due to unstable image quality, small object sizes, complex backgrounds, and environmental occlusions. Small objects, in particular, occupy…
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) have advanced significantly in obstacle detection and path planning through sonar, cameras, and learning-based methods. However, safe and efficient navigation in cluttered environments remains…
We present a sensor-agnostic spectral transformer as the basis for spectral foundation models. To that end, we introduce a Universal Spectral Representation (USR) that leverages sensor meta-data, such as sensing kernel specifications and…
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) have the ability to operate in harsh underwater environments without endangering human lives in the process. Nevertheless, just like their ground and aerial counterparts, AUVs need to be able to…
We study ground-penetrating synthetic aperture radar measurements of scattering by targets located below a rough air-soil interface. By considering the inherent space/angle limitations of this imaging modality, we introduce a simplified…
Enhancing forward-looking sonar images is critical for accurate underwater target detection. Current deep learning methods mainly rely on supervised training with simulated data, but the difficulty in obtaining high-quality real-world…
Freehand 3D ultrasound (US) imaging using conventional 2D probes offers flexibility and accessibility for diverse clinical applications but faces challenges in accurate probe pose estimation. Traditional methods depend on costly tracking…
X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) is a premier technique for materials characterization, providing key information about the local chemical environment of the absorber atom. In this work, we develop a database of sulfur K-edge XAS spectra…
Commercial operation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) would benefit from an onboard ability to sense and avoid (SAA) potential mid-air collision threats. In this paper we present a new approach for detection of aircraft below the horizon.…
Accurate Speed-of-Sound (SoS) reconstruction from acoustic waveforms is a cornerstone of ultrasound computed tomography (USCT), enabling quantitative velocity mapping that reveals subtle anatomical details and pathological variations often…
Regression-based LiDAR relocalization has recently emerged as a promising solution for high-precision positioning in GNSS-denied environments. However, these methods are primarily tailored to autonomous driving, exhibiting significantly…
Matching sonar images with high accuracy has been a problem for a long time, as sonar images are inherently hard to model due to reflections, noise and viewpoint dependence. Autonomous Underwater Vehicles require good sonar image matching…
Underwater salient object detection (USOD) has attracted increasing attention for underwater visual scene understanding and vision-guided robotic applications. However, existing USOD methods still struggle with underwater image…
Many people search for foreground objects to use when editing images. While existing methods can retrieve candidates to aid in this, they are constrained to returning objects that belong to a pre-specified semantic class. We instead propose…
In this paper, we focus on the simulation of active stereovision depth sensors, which are popular in both academic and industry communities. Inspired by the underlying mechanism of the sensors, we designed a fully physics-grounded…
SOXS (SOn of X-Shooter) is a medium resolution (~4500) wide-band (0.35 - 2.0 {\mu}m) spectrograph which passed the Final Design Review in 2018. The instrument is in the final integration phase and it is planned to be installed at the NTT in…
In this work, we consider the safety-oriented performance of 3D object detectors in autonomous driving contexts. Specifically, despite impressive results shown by the mass literature, developers often find it hard to ensure the safe…
This paper presents a secure safety filter design for nonlinear systems under sensor spoofing attacks. Existing approaches primarily focus on linear systems which limits their applications in real-world scenarios. In this work, we extend…
Detection of undersea threats is a complex problem of considerable importance for maritime regional surveillance and security. Multistatic sonar systems can provide a means to monitor for underwater threats, where fixed sensors, towed…
Post-disaster survivor localization using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) faces a fundamental physical challenge: the prevalence of Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) propagation in collapsed structures. Unlike standard Gaussian noise, signal…