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We present a novel device-free stationary person detection and ranging method, that is applicable to ultra-wide bandwidth (UWB) networks. The method utilizes a fixed UWB infrastructure and does not require a training database of template…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Yakup Kilic , Henk Wymeersch , Arjan Meijerink , Mark J. Bentum , William G. Scanlon

In this paper, we address the distributed pose estimation problem for multi-agent systems, where the agents have unknown static positions and time-varying orientations. The interaction graph is assumed to be directed and acyclic with two…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-05 Mouaad Boughellaba , Abdelhamid Tayebi

Wireless localization is a key requirement for many applications. It concerns position estimation of mobile nodes (agents) relative to fixed nodes (anchors) from wireless channel measurements. Cooperative localization is an advanced concept…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-08 Henry Schulten , Gregor Dumphart , Antonios Koskinas , Armin Wittneben

In this work, the problem of 4 degree-of-freedom (3D position and heading) robot-to-robot relative frame transformation estimation using onboard odometry and inter-robot distance measurements is studied. Firstly, we present a theoretical…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-04-05 Thien Hoang Nguyen , Lihua Xie

In this paper, we present a distributed estimation setup where local agents estimate their states from relative measurements received from their neighbours. In the case of heterogeneous multi-agent systems, where only relative measurements…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-12-08 Jingbo Wu , Valery Ugrinovskii , Frank Allgöwer

With the rising demand for indoor localization, high precision technique-based fingerprints became increasingly important nowadays. The newest advanced localization system makes effort to improve localization accuracy in the time or…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-25 Kaixuan Huang , Chenlu Xiang , Shunqing Zhang , Shugong Xu , Xianfeng Ma , Qinglong Xian , Hua Yang

Accurate and robust state estimation is critical for autonomous navigation of robot teams. This task is especially challenging for large groups of size, weight, and power (SWAP) constrained aerial robots operating in perceptually-degraded…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-05-30 Igor Spasojevic , Xu Liu , Alejandro Ribeiro , George J. Pappas , Vijay Kumar

Systems for relative localization in multi-robot systems based on ultra-wideband (UWB) ranging have recently emerged as robust solutions for GNSS-denied environments. Scalability remains one of the key challenges, particularly in ad-hoc…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-08-30 Paola Torrico Morón , Salma Salimi , Jorge Peña Queralta , Tomi Westerlund

In this letter, we present an uncertainty-aware single-anchor Ultra-Wideband (UWB)-based 3D tracking framework. Specifically, a mobile Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) maintains a desired standoff distance to a moving target using range and 3D…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-22 Yuqi Ping , Junwei Wu , Bofeng Zheng , Fan Liu , Tianhao Liang , Tingting Zhang

While camera-based capture systems remain the gold standard for recording human motion, learning-based tracking systems based on sparse wearable sensors are gaining popularity. Most commonly, they use inertial sensors, whose propensity for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-01 Rayan Armani , Changlin Qian , Jiaxi Jiang , Christian Holz

This work proposes a fully decentralized strategy for maintaining the formation rigidity of a multi-robot system using only range measurements, while still allowing the graph topology to change freely over time. In this direction, a first…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-06-03 Daniel Zelazo , Antonio Franchi , Heinrich H. Bülthoff , Paolo Robuffo Giordano

Two challenges for rescue robots are to detect human beings and to have an accurate positioning system. In indoor positioning, GPS receivers cannot be used due to the reflections or attenuation caused by obstacles. To detect human beings,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2013-12-17 David Espès , Ana Maria Pistea , Charles Canaff , Ioana Iordache , Philippe Le Parc , Emanuel Radoi

A swarm of robots has advantages over a single robot, since it can explore larger areas much faster and is more robust to single-point failures. Accurate relative positioning is necessary to successfully carry out a collaborative mission…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-22 Young-Hee Lee , Chen Zhu , Thomas Wiedemann , Emanuel Staudinger , Siwei Zhang , Christoph Günther

Our paper presents a robust framework for UWB-based static gesture recognition, leveraging proprietary UWB radar sensor technology. Extensive data collection efforts were undertaken to compile datasets containing five commonly used…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-15 Abhishek Sebastian , Pragna R

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

Ultra-wideband (UWB) is gaining popularity with devices like AirTags for precise home item localization but faces significant challenges when scaled to large environments like seaports. The main challenges are calibration and localization…

For many years, there has been an impressive progress on visual odometry applied to mobile robots and drones. However, the visual perception is still in the spotlight as a challenging field because the vision sensor has some problems in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-09-09 Sungjae Shin , Eungchang Lee , Junho Choi , Hyun Myung

Learned communication makes multi-agent systems more effective by aggregating distributed information. However, it also exposes individual agents to the threat of erroneous messages they might receive. In this paper, we study the setting…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-11-11 Nicholas Vadivelu , Mengye Ren , James Tu , Jingkang Wang , Raquel Urtasun

Ultra-wideband (UWB) through-wall radar has a wide range of applications in non-contact human information detection and monitoring. With the integration of machine learning technology, its potential prospects include the physiological…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-01 Zhengliang Zhu , Degui Yang , Junchao Zhang , Feng Tong

In this work, we propose a factor graph optimization (FGO) framework to simultaneously solve the calibration problem for Ultra-WideBand (UWB) anchors and the robot localization problem. Calibrating UWB anchors manually can be time-consuming…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-21 Xinghua Liu , Ming Cao