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This paper explores the use of applying a deep learning approach for 3D object detection to compute the relative position of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) from an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) equipped with a LiDAR sensor in a GPS-denied…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-10 Uthman Olawoye , Jason N. Gross

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) rely on satellite systems for stable positioning. However, due to limited satellite coverage or communication disruptions, UAVs may lose signals from satellite-based positioning systems. In such situations,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-14 Ming Dai , Enhui Zheng , Zhenhua Feng , Jiedong Zhuang , Wankou Yang

Relative localization of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms in global navigation satellite system (GNSS) denied environments is essential for emergency rescue and battlefield reconnaissance. Existing methods suffer from significant…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-05 Guangyu Lei , Yuqi Ping , Tianhao Liang , Huahao Ding , Tingting Zhang

Recently, passive unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) localization has become popular due to mobility and convenience. In this paper, we consider a scenario of using distributed drone cluster to estimate the position of a passive emitter via…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-02 Xin Cheng , Weiping Shi , Wenlong Cai , Weiqiang Zhu , Tong Shen , Feng Shu , Jiangzhou Wang

In this paper, we investigate an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted integrated communication and localization network in emergency scenarios where a single UAV is deployed as both an airborne base station (BS) and anchor node to assist…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-06-07 Suzhi Bi , Jiaxing Yu , Zheyuan Yang , Xiaohui Lin , Yuan Wu

We propose a method for accurately localizing ground vehicles with the aid of satellite imagery. Our approach takes a ground image as input, and outputs the location from which it was taken on a georeferenced satellite image. We perform…

Robotics · Computer Science 2015-11-02 Hang Chu , Hongyuan Mei , Mohit Bansal , Matthew R. Walter

We address the problem of localizing non-collaborative WiFi devices in a large region. Our main motive is to localize humans by localizing their WiFi devices, e.g. during search-and-rescue operations after a natural disaster. We use an…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2015-10-15 Mattia Carpin , Stefano Rosati , Mohammad Emtiyaz Khan , Bixio Rimoldi

In this paper, we present an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) landing system based on visual navigation. We design the landmark as a topological pattern in order to enable the UAV to distinguish the landmark from the environment…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-10-30 Zhixin Wu , Peng Han , Ruiwen Yao , Lei Qiao , Weidong Zhang , Tielong Shen , Min Sun , Yilong Zhu , Ming Liu , Rui Fan

Efficient localization plays a vital role in many modern applications of Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) and Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which would contribute to improved control, safety, power economy, etc. The ubiquitous 5G NR (New…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Meisam Kabiri , Claudio Cimarelli , Hriday Bavle , Jose Luis Sanchez-Lopez , Holger Voos

Many aerial robotic applications require the ability to land on moving platforms, such as delivery trucks and marine research boats. We present a method to autonomously land an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle on a moving vehicle. A visual servoing…

In this paper we study the distance-based docking problem of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by using a single landmark placed at an arbitrarily unknown position. To solve the problem, we propose an integrated estimation-control scheme to…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-01-25 Thien-Minh Nguyen , Zhirong Qiu , Muqing Cao , Thien Hoang Nguyen , Lihua Xie

Unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) and boats are increasingly important in maritime operations, yet their deployment is limited due to costly sensors and complexity. LiDAR, radar, and depth cameras are either costly, yield sparse point clouds…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-13 Benjamin Kiefer , Yitong Quan , Andreas Zell

Autonomous aerial robots provide new possibilities to study the habitats and behaviors of endangered species through the efficient gathering of location information at temporal and spatial granularities not possible with traditional manual…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2020-03-20 Hoa Van Nguyen , Michael Chesser , Lian Pin Koh , S. Hamid Rezatofighi , Damith C. Ranasinghe

The autonomous real-time optical navigation of planetary UAV is of the key technologies to ensure the success of the exploration. In such a GPS denied environment, vision-based localization is an optimal approach. In this paper, we proposed…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-06-25 Xue Wan , Yuanbin Shao , Shengyang Li

Precise geolocalization is crucial for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). However, most current deployed UAVs rely on the global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) or high precision inertial navigation systems (INS) for geolocalization. In…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-01-02 Jun Mao , Lilian Zhang , Xiaofeng He , Hao Qu , Xiaoping Hu

Radio source localization can benefit many fields, including wireless communications, radar, radio astronomy, wireless sensor networks, positioning systems, and surveillance systems. However, accurately estimating the position of a radio…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-07 Asanka Perera , Vu Phi Tran , Sreenatha Anavatti , Kathryn Kasmarik , Matthew Garratt

In recent years, Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV) have been extensively deployed for maritime applications. However, USV has a limited detection range with sensor installed at the same elevation with the targets. In this research, we propose…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-02-24 Hanlin Niu , Ze Ji , Pietro Liguori , Hujun Yin , Joaquin Carrasco

Detection of small-sized targets is of paramount importance in many aerial vision-based applications. The commonly deployed low cost unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for aerial scene analysis are highly resource constrained in nature. In…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-09-04 Murari Mandal , Manal Shah , Prashant Meena , Santosh Kumar Vipparthi

Tracking and measuring targets using a variety of sensors mounted on UAVs is an effective means to quickly and accurately locate the target. This paper proposes a fusion localization method based on ridge estimation, combining the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-19 Huayu Huang , Chen Chen , Banglei Guan , Ze Tan , Yang Shang , Zhang Li , Qifeng Yu

Recent advancements in LiDAR technology have significantly lowered costs and improved both its precision and resolution, thereby solidifying its role as a critical component in autonomous vehicle localization. Using sophisticated 3D…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-12 Yuze Jiang , Ehsan Javanmardi , Manabu Tsukada , Hiroshi Esaki