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In wireless sensors networks, integrating localization and communications techniques is crucial for efficient spectrum and hardware utilization. In this paper, we present a novel framework of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-aided localization…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-04 Tianhao. Liang , Tingting. Zhang , Sheng. Zhou , Wentao. Liu , Dong. Li , Qinyu. Zhang

We propose a fixed-lag smoother-based sensor fusion architecture to leverage the complementary benefits of range-based sensors and visual-inertial odometry (VIO) for localization. We use two fixed-lag smoothers (FLS) to decouple accurate…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-01-05 Abhishek Goudar , Wenda Zhao , Angela P. Schoellig

Reliable real-time 3D localization is essential for multi-UAV navigation, collision avoidance, and coordinated flight, yet onboard estimates can degrade under GNSS multipath, non-line-of-sight reception, vertical drift, and intentional…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Hosam Alamleh , Damir Pulatov

The growing proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) poses major challenges for reliable airspace surveillance, as drones are typically small, have low radar cross-sections, and often move slowly in cluttered environments. These…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-16 Anders Malthe Westerkam , Jakob Möderl , Erik Leitinger , Troels Pedersen

In the field of autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) landing, conventional approaches fall short in delivering not only the required precision but also the resilience against environmental disturbances. Yet, learning-based algorithms…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-22 Francisco Neves , Luís Branco , Maria Pereira , Rafael Claro , Andry Pinto

UAV swarms are widely used in emergency communications, area monitoring, and disaster relief. Coordinated by control centers, they are ideal for federated learning (FL) frameworks. However, current UAV-assisted FL methods primarily focus on…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-13 Yubo Yang , Tao Yang , Xiaofeng Wu , Ziyu Guo , Bo Hu

The effect of noise on the Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) with sparse apertures is a challenging issue for image reconstruction with high resolution at low Signal-to-Noise Ratios (SNRs). It is well-known that the image resolution…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-18 Mohammad Roueinfar , Mohammad Hossein Kahaei

Rescue robotics sets high requirements to perception algorithms due to the unstructured and potentially vision-denied environments. Pivoting Frequency-Modulated Continuous Wave radars are an emerging sensing modality for SLAM in this kind…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-22 Maximilian Hilger , Nils Mandischer , Burkhard Corves

Long-time coherent integration (LTCI) is one of the most important techniques to improve radar detection performance of weak targets. However, for the targets moving with constant Cartesian velocities (CCV), the existing LTCI methods based…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-23 Gongjian Zhou , Zeyu Xu , Yuchao Yang

Non-repetitive solid-state LiDAR scanning leads to an extremely sparse measurement regime for detecting airborne UAVs: a small quadrotor at 10-25 m typically produces only 1-2 returns per scan, which is far below the point densities assumed…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Nivand Khosravi , Rodrigo Ventura , Meysam Basiri

With the rapid advancement of autonomous driving technology, there is a growing need for enhanced safety and efficiency in the automatic environmental perception of vehicles during their operation. In modern vehicle setups, cameras and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Di Wu , Feng Yang , Benlian Xu , Pan Liao , Bo Liu

This paper tackles the problem of positioning a swarm of UAVs inside a completely unknown terrain, having as objective to maximize the overall situational awareness. The situational awareness is expressed by the number and quality of unique…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-07-03 Dimitrios I. Koutras , Athanasios Ch. Kapoutsis , Elias B. Kosmatopoulos

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar, enabled by millimeter-wave virtual MIMO techniques, provides great promises to the high-resolution automotive sensing and target detection in unmanned ground/aerial vehicles (UGA/UAV). As…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-22 Bin Li , Shuseng Wang , Jun Zhang , Xainbin Cao , Chenglin Zhao

Indoor wireless ranging localization is a promising approach for low-power and high-accuracy localization of wearable devices. A primary challenge in this domain stems from non-line of sight propagation of radio waves. This study tackles a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-09-19 Fan Jiang , David Caruso , Ashutosh Dhekne , Qi Qu , Jakob Julian Engel , Jing Dong

Precise localization and tracking of moving non-collaborative persons and objects using a network of ultra-wideband (UWB) radar nodes has been shown to represent a practical and effective approach. In UWB radar sensor networks (RSNs),…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-03 B. Yan , A. Giorgetti , E. Paolini

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

Real-time processing of UAV imagery is crucial for applications requiring urgent geospatial information, such as disaster response, where rapid decision-making and accurate spatial data are essential. However, processing high-resolution…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Selim Ahmet Iz , Francesco Nex , Norman Kerle , Henry Meissner , Ralf Berger

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

We propose and demonstrate a fast, robust method for using satellite images to localize an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Previous work using satellite images has large storage and computation costs and is unable to run in real time. In…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-02-12 Mollie Bianchi , Timothy D. Barfoot

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…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-13 Hengyu Mu , Jianshi Wu , Yuxin Guo , XianLian Lin , Qingyong Hu , Sheng Ao , Chenglu Wen , Cheng Wang