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In this paper a concept of hybrid Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Ultra-wideband (UWB) positioning system is presented. The system is intended to be energy efficient. Low energy BLE unit is used as a primary source of measurement data and for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-04 Marcin Kolakowski

Localization of robots is vital for navigation and path planning, such as in cases where a map of the environment is needed. Ultra-Wideband (UWB) for indoor location systems has been gaining popularity over the years with the introduction…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-06-23 Muhammad Shalihan , Ran Liu , Chau Yuen

The combination of ultrawideband (UWB) radios and inertial measurement units (IMU) can provide accurate positioning. To ensure reliable communication, the radios are generally mounted at the extremities of a mobile system whereas the IMUs…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-08-02 Abhishek Goudar

Nowadays, accurate localization plays an essential role in many fields, like target tracking and path planning. The challenges of indoor localization include inadequate localization accuracy, unreasonable anchor deployment in complex…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-10 Fengyun Zhang , Li Yang , Yuhuan Liu , Yulong Ding , Shuang-Hua Yang , Hao Li

This paper presents Range-SLAM, a real-time, lightweight SLAM system designed to address the challenges of localization and mapping in environments with smoke and other harsh conditions using Ultra-Wideband (UWB) signals. While optical…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Yi Liu , Zhuozhu Jian , Shengtao Zheng , Houde Liu , Xueqian Wang , Xinlei Chen , Bin Liang

High-accuracy absolute localization for a team of vehicles is essential when accomplishing various kinds of tasks. As a promising approach, collaborative localization fuses the individual motion measurements and the inter-vehicle…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-12-04 Qin Shi , Xiaowei Cui , Sihao Zhao , Jian Wen , Mingquan Lu

Remote identification of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is becoming increasingly important since more UAVs are being widely used for different needs in urban areas. For example, in the US and in the EU, identification and position…

Indoor positioning systems based on Ultra-wideband (UWB) technology are gaining recognition for their ability to provide cm-level localization accuracy. However, these systems often encounter challenges caused by dense multi-path fading,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-04-11 Phuong Bich Duong , Ben Van Herbruggen , Arne Broering , Adnan Shahid , Eli De Poorter

Radio-based localization systems conventionally require stationary reference points (e.g. anchors) with precisely surveyed positions, making deployment time-consuming and costly. This paper presents an empirical evaluation of collaborative…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-21 Paul Schwarzbach , Andrea Jung

Localization plays a critical role in the field of distributed swarm robotics. Previous work has highlighted the potential of relative localization for position tracking in multi-robot systems. Ultra-wideband (UWB) technology provides a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-22 Salma Ichekhlef , Étienne Villemure , Shokoufeh Naderi , François Ferland , Maude Blondin

The rapid advancement of connected and autonomous vehicles has driven a growing demand for precise and reliable positioning systems capable of operating in complex environments. Meeting these demands requires an integrated approach that…

Relative localization is a crucial functional block of any robotic swarm. We address it in a fleet of nano-drones characterized by a 10 cm-scale form factor, which makes them highly versatile but also strictly limited in their onboard power…

Vision-based localization approaches now underpin newly emerging navigation pipelines for myriad use cases from robotics to assistive technologies. Compared to sensor-based solutions, vision-based localization does not require pre-installed…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-11-21 Anbang Yang , Mahya Beheshti , Todd E Hudson , Rajesh Vedanthan , Wachara Riewpaiboon , Pattanasak Mongkolwat , Chen Feng , John-Ross Rizzo

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

Ultra-wideband (UWB) localization methods have emerged as a cost-effective and accurate solution for GNSS-denied environments. There is a significant amount of previous research in terms of resilience of UWB ranging, with non-line-of-sight…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-10 Sahar Salimpour , Paola Torrico Morón , Xianjia Yu , Tomi Westerlund , Jorge Peña Queralta

Ultra-wideband (UWB) communication is an emerging wireless technology that promises high data rates over short distances and precise locationing. The large available bandwidth and the constraint of a maximum power spectral density drives a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2011-11-09 Raul Blazquez , Fred Lee , David Wentzloff , Brian Ginsburg , Johnna Powell , Anantha Chandrakasan

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

With the widespread adoption of smartphones, ensuring pedestrian safety on roads has become a critical concern due to smartphone distraction. This paper proposes a novel and real-time assistance system called UWB-assisted Safe Walk (UASW)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-03 Jamsheed Manja Ppallan , Ruchi Pandey , Yellappa Damam , Vijay Narayan Tiwari , Karthikeyan Arunachalam , Antariksha Ray

High accuracy localisation technologies exist but are prohibitively expensive to deploy for large indoor spaces such as warehouses, factories, and supermarkets to track assets and people. However, these technologies can be used to lend…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-05-31 Aftab Khan , Tim Farnham , Roget Kou , Usman Raza , Thajanee Premalal , Aleksandar Stanoev , William Thompson

The idea of ultra-wideband (UWB) communications for short ranges (up to a few tens of meters) has been around for nearly three decades. However, despite significant efforts by the industry, UWB deployment has not yet reached its predicted…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-10 Brian Nelson , Hussein Moradi , Behrouz Farhang-Boroujeny