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Mutual localization stands as a foundational component within various domains of multi-robot systems. Nevertheless, in relative pose estimation, time synchronization is usually underappreciated and rarely addressed, although it…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-07 Xiangyong Wen , Yingjian Wang , Xi Zheng , Kaiwei Wang , Chao Xu , Fei Gao

A general class of Newton algorithms on Gra{\ss}mann and Lagrange-Gra{\ss}mann manifolds is introduced, that depends on an arbitrary pair of local coordinates. Local quadratic convergence of the algorithm is shown under a suitable condition…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-11-10 Uwe Helmke , Knut Hüper , Jochen Trumpf

In this paper, we study the Crank-Nicolson method for temporal dimension and the piecewise quadratic polynomial collocation method for spatial dimensions of time-dependent nonlocal problems. The new theoretical results of such…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-30 Rongjun Cao , Minghua Chen , Michael K. Ng , Yu-Jiang Wu

Fingerprinting techniques are widely used for localization because of their accuracy, especially in the presence of wireless channel noise. However, the fingerprinting techniques require significant storage and running time, which is a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-23 Ahmed Shokry , Moustafa Youssef

Accurate localization in diverse environments is a fundamental challenge in computer vision and robotics. The task involves determining a sensor's precise position and orientation, typically a camera, within a given space. Traditional…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-23 Luca Di Giammarino , Boyang Sun , Giorgio Grisetti , Marc Pollefeys , Hermann Blum , Daniel Barath

This paper studies the problem of having mobile robots in a multi-robot system maintain an estimate of the relative position and relative orientation of near-by robots in the environment. This problem is studied in the context of large…

Robotics · Computer Science 2013-12-09 Alejandro Cornejo , Radhika Nagpal

The relativity of Global Positioning System (GPS) pseudorange measurements is explored within the geometrical optics approximation in the curved space-time near Earth. A space-time grid for navigation is created by the discontinuities…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Thomas B. Bahder

A key limitation of current multi-robot systems is a lack of relative localization, particularly in environments without GPS or motion capture systems. This article presents a centralized method for relatively localizing a 2D swarm using…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-11-29 Ian Miller , Jon Wallace

Implementing virtual fixtures in guiding tasks constrains the movement of the robot's end effector to specific curves within its workspace. However, incorporating guiding frameworks may encounter discontinuities when optimizing the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-01 Giovanni Braglia , Sylvain Calinon , Luigi Biagiotti

We consider a quantum test particle in the background of a Newtonian gravitational field in the framework of Cartan's formulation of nonrelativistic spacetimes. We have proposed a novel quantization of a point particle which amounts to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Piret Kuusk

We investigate the suitability and properties of a quasi-Kinnersley tetrad and a geometrically motivated coordinate system as tools for quantifying both strong-field and wave-zone effects in numerical relativity (NR) simulations. We fix the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-12-18 Fan Zhang , Jeandrew Brink , Béla Szilágyi , Geoffrey Lovelace

Absolute Pose Regression (APR) has emerged as a compelling paradigm for visual localization. However, APR models typically operate as black boxes, directly regressing a 6-DoF pose from a query image, which can lead to memorizing training…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Changyang Li , Xuejian Ma , Lixiang Liu , Zhan Li , Qingan Yan , Yi Xu

This paper proposes a fine-grained self-localization method for outdoor robotics that utilizes a flexible number of onboard cameras and readily accessible satellite images. The proposed method addresses limitations in existing cross-view…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-17 Shan Wang , Yanhao Zhang , Akhil Perincherry , Ankit Vora , Hongdong Li

The strong gravitational field near massive blackhole is an interesting regime to test General Relativity(GR) and modified gravity theories. The knowledge of spacetime metric around a blackhole is a primary step for such tests. Solving…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-08-26 Utkarsh Kumar , Sukanta Panda , Avani Patel

Fine localization in autonomous driving platforms is a task of broad interest, receiving much attention in recent years. Some localization algorithms use the Euclidean distance as a similarity measure between the local image acquired by a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-12 Samuel Todd Flanagan , Drupad K. Khublani , Jean-Francois Chamberland , Siddharth Agarwal , Ankit Vora

We propose a covariant algorithm for relativistic ideal measurements and for relativistic continuous measurements, its non-relativistic limit results the algorithm of the Event-Enhanced Quantum Theory. Therefore an additional intrinsic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andreas Ruschhaupt

Path planning algorithms for unmanned aerial or ground vehicles, in many surveillance applications, rely on Global Positioning System (GPS) information for localization. However, disruption of GPS signals, by intention or otherwise, can…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-07-12 Kaarthik Sundar , Shriram Srinivasan , Sohum Misra , Sivakumar Rathinam , Rajnikant Sharma

Place recognition plays an important role in achieving robust long-term autonomy. Real-world robots face a wide range of weather conditions (e.g. overcast, heavy rain, and snowing) and most sensors (i.e. camera, LiDAR) essentially…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Hogyun Kim , Byunghee Choi , Euncheol Choi , Younggun Cho

We propose a quantum metrology protocol for the localization of a non-cooperative point-like target in three-dimensional space, by illuminating it with electromagnetic waves. It employs all the spatial degrees of freedom of N entangled…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-27 Lorenzo Maccone , Changliang Ren

We introduce a covariant canonical quantization for a particle in curved spacetime that tracks operator-ordering ambiguities. Parameterizing spatial and temporal ordering, we derive a Hermitian Hamiltonian with leading quantum-relativistic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-01 Karol Sajnok , Kacper Dębski