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Driven by applications like Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs), driver-less cars, etc, localization solution has become an active research topic in the past decade. In recent years, Ultra Wideband (UWB) emerged as a promising technology because…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-07-31 Jiaxin Li , Yingcai Bi , Kun Li , Kangli Wang , Feng Lin , Ben M. Chen

High-precision navigation and positioning systems are critical for applications in autonomous vehicles and mobile mapping, where robust and continuous localization is essential. To test and enhance the performance of algorithms, some…

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This paper presents a novel robust online calibration framework for Ultra-Wideband (UWB) anchors in UWB-aided Visual-Inertial Navigation Systems (VINS). Accurate anchor positioning, a process known as calibration, is crucial for integrating…

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The accuracy, resilience, and affordability of localisation are fundamental to autonomous robotic inspection within aircraft maintenance and overhaul (MRO) hangars. Hangars typically feature tall ceilings and are often made of materials…

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Several researches are focused on the QoS (Quality of Service) and Energy consumption in wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks. Those research projects invest in theory and practice in order to extend the spectrum of use of norms, standards…

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Ultra-wideband (UWB)-based techniques, while becoming mainstream approaches for high-accurate positioning, tend to be challenged by ranging bias in harsh environments. The emerging learning-based methods for error mitigation have shown…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-24 Yuxiao Li , Santiago Mazuelas , Yuan Shen

Internet of things wireless networking with long range, low power and low throughput is raising as a new paradigm enabling to connect trillions of devices efficiently. In such networks with low power and bandwidth devices, localization…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-10-17 Hazem Sallouha , Alessandro Chiumento , Sofie Pollin

Wireless sensor networks are dynamically formed over the varying topologies. Wireless sensor networks can assist in conducting the rescue operations and can provide search in timely manner. Long time monitoring applications are environment…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-08-26 Anubha Parashar , Susheel Kumar , Vinay S Bhaskar , Rajni Chinia

Relative localization (RL) is essential for the successful operation of micro air vehicle (MAV) swarms. Achieving accurate 3-D RL in infrastructure-free and GPS-denied environments with only distance information is a challenging problem…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-05-29 Changrui Liu , Sven U. Pfeiffer , Guido C. H. E. de Croon

Since many safety-critical systems, such as surgical robots and autonomous driving cars operate in unstable environments with sensor noise and incomplete data, it is desirable for object detectors to take the localization uncertainty into…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-07-07 Youngwan Lee , Joong-won Hwang , Hyung-Il Kim , Kimin Yun , Yongjin Kwon , Yuseok Bae , Sung Ju Hwang

With the recent development of technology, wireless sensor networks are becoming an important part of many applications such as health and medical applications, military applications, agriculture monitoring, home and office applications,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2016-06-27 Biljana Stojkoska , Ilinka Ivanoska , Danco Davcev

Lightweight aerial swarms have potential applications in scenarios where larger drones fail to operate efficiently. The primary foundation for lightweight aerial swarms is efficient relative localization, which enables cooperation and…

We present UbiSLAM, an innovative solution for real-time mapping and localization in dynamic indoor environments. By deploying a network of fixed RGB-D cameras strategically throughout the workspace, UbiSLAM addresses limitations commonly…

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Whisker-like touch sensors offer unique advantages for short-range perception in environments where visual and long-range sensing are unreliable, such as confined, cluttered, or low-visibility settings. This paper presents a framework for…

Applied Physics · Physics 2026-01-12 Prasanna K. Routray , Basak Sakcak , Steven M. LaValle , Manivannan M

Indoor localization systems face a fundamental trade-off between efficiency and responsiveness, which is especially important for emerging use cases such as mobile robots operating in GPS-denied environments. Traditional RTLS either require…

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State estimation is an essential part of autonomous systems. Integrating the Ultra-Wideband(UWB) technique has been shown to correct the long-term estimation drift and bypass the complexity of loop closure detection. However, few works on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-01 Haodong Jiang , Wentao Wang , Yuan Shen , Xinghan Li , Xiaoqiang Ren , Biqiang Mu , Junfeng Wu

In the rapidly evolving digital technology landscape, community-oriented wearable computing systems are emerging as a key tool for enhancing connectivity and interaction within communal spaces. This paper contributes to this burgeoning…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-06-05 Qimeng Li , Fabrizio Mangione , Francesco Porreca , Raffaele Gravina , Giancarlo Fortino

Recognizing movements during sleep is crucial for the monitoring of patients with sleep disorders, and the utilization of ultra-wideband (UWB) radar for the classification of human sleep postures has not been explored widely. This study…

Ultra-wideband (UWB) time difference of arrival(TDOA)-based localization has emerged as a low-cost and scalable indoor positioning solution. However, in cluttered environments, the performance of UWB TDOA-based localization deteriorates due…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-08-01 Wenda Zhao , Abhishek Goudar , Mingliang Tang , Xinyuan Qiao , Angela P. Schoellig

The challenge to synchronize augmented reality (AR) across sessions/devices has been solved by relying solely on vision-feature mapping, which is suboptimal in scaling workable space and flaws under visual changes in surroundings. This…

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