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Accurate indoor localization is a crucial enabling technology for many robotics applications, from warehouse management to monitoring tasks. Ultra-wideband (UWB) time difference of arrival (TDOA)-based localization is a promising…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-03 Wenda Zhao , Jacopo Panerati , Angela P. Schoellig

Ultra-wideband (UWB) systems are becoming increasingly popular as a means of inter-robot ranging and communication. A major constraint associated with UWB is that only one pair of UWB transceivers can range at a time to avoid interference,…

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS) have become the subject of many current research efforts, as the ongoing wireless spectrum crunch has made the need to open higher frequency bands a priority. IRS are one of the alternatives proposed to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Alessandro Nordio , Alberto Tarable , Francisco J. Escribano

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

The field of human activity recognition has evolved significantly, driven largely by advancements in Internet of Things (IoT) device technology, particularly in personal devices. This study investigates the use of ultra-wideband (UWB)…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Aurora Polo-Rodríguez , Juan Carlos Valera , Jesús Peral , David Gil , Javier Medina-Quero

We consider the problem of localization and distance estimation between a pair of wireless nodes in a multipath propagation environment, but not the usual way of processing a channel measurement between them. We propose a novel paradigm…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-08 Gregor Dumphart , Robin Kramer , Robert Heyn , Marc Kuhn , Armin Wittneben

The fifth-generation (5G) wireless communication is useful for positioning due to its large bandwidth and low cost. However, the presence of obstacles that block the line-of-sight (LOS) path between devices would affect localization…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-17 Jiankun Zhang , Hao Wang

In wireless networks, an essential step for precise range-based localization is the high-resolution estimation of multipath channel delays. The resolution of traditional delay estimation algorithms is inversely proportional to the bandwidth…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-23 Tarik Kazaz , Gerard J. M. Janssen , Jac Romme , Alle-Jan Van der Veen

Ultra-wideband (UWB) ranging has emerged as a key radio technology for robot positioning and relative localization in multi-robot systems. Multiple works are now advancing towards more scalable systems, but challenges still remain. This…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-03-09 Paola Torrico Morón , Jorge Peña Queralta , Tomi Westerlund

This paper investigates an infra-structure free global localization of a group of communicating mobile agents (e.g., first responders or exploring robots) via an ultra-wideband (UWB) inter-agent ranging aided dead-reckoning. We propose a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-01 Jianan Zhu , Solmaz S. Kia

Ultra-wideband (UWB) technology has become very popular for indoor positioning and distance estimation (DE) systems due to its decimeter-level accuracy achieved when using time-of-flight-based techniques. Techniques for DE relying on signal…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-13 Leo Botler , Konrad Diwold , Kay Römer

Ultra-wideband (UWB) localization delivers centimeter-scale accuracy but is vulnerable to jamming attacks, creating security risks for asset tracking and intrusion detection in smart buildings. Although machine learning (ML) and deep…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Hamed Fard , Mahsa Kholghi , Benedikt Groß , Gerhard Wunder

Inter-agent relative localization is critical for any multi-robot system operating in the absence of external positioning infrastructure or prior environmental knowledge. We propose a novel inter-agent relative 2D pose estimation system…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-03-22 Andrew Fishberg , Jonathan P. How

This paper proposes an ultra-wideband (UWB) aided localization and mapping system that leverages on inertial sensor and depth camera. Inspired by the fact that visual odometry (VO) system, regardless of its accuracy in the short term, still…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-02-27 Chen Wang , Handuo Zhang , Thien-Minh Nguyen , Lihua Xie

The LiDAR-inertial odometry (LIO) and the ultra-wideband (UWB) have been integrated together to achieve driftless positioning in global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-denied environments. However, the UWB may be affected by systematic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-29 Tisheng Zhang , Man Yuan , Linfu Wei , Yan Wang , Hailiang Tang , Xiaoji Niu

Navigation in an unknown environment without any preexisting positioning infrastructure has always been hard for mobile robots. This paper presents a self-deployable ultra wideband UWB infrastructure by mobile agents, that permits a dynamic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-19 Luca Santoro , Davide Brunelli , Daniele Fontanelli

In recent years, thanks to the continuously reduced cost and weight of 3D Lidar, the applications of this type of sensor in robotics community have become increasingly popular. Despite many progresses, estimation drift and tracking loss are…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-10-27 Thien-Minh Nguyen , Muqing Cao , Shenghai Yuan , Yang Lyu , Thien Hoang Nguyen , Lihua Xie

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

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) wireless technology has seen an increased penetration in the robotics field as a robust localization method in recent years. UWB enables high accuracy distance estimation from time-of-flight measurements of wireless…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-04-16 Carmen Martínez Almansa , Wang Shule , Jorge Peña Queralta , Tomi Westerlund