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Using different sensors in an autonomous vehicle (AV) can provide multiple constraints to optimize AV location estimation. In this paper, we present a low-cost GPS-assisted LiDAR state estimation system for AVs. Firstly, we utilize LiDAR to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-10-29 Linwei Zheng , Yilong Zhu , Bohuan Xue , Ming Liu , Rui Fan

This paper introduces a new approach to 3-D position estimation from acceleration data, i.e., a 3-D motion tracking system having a small size and low-cost magnetic and inertial measurement unit (MIMU) composed by both a digital compass and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2013-11-20 P. Neto , J. N. Pires , A. P Moreira

Over the past decade, lidars have become a cornerstone of robotics state estimation and perception thanks to their ability to provide accurate geometric information about their surroundings in the form of 3D scans. Unfortunately, most of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Cedric Le Gentil , Raphael Falque , Teresa Vidal-Calleja

Radar offers unique advantages for localization in unstructured environments, including robustness to weather, lighting, and airborne particulates. While most prior work has studied radar odometry in urban, largely planar settings, its…

The robust estimation of the mounting angle for millimeter-wave automotive radars installed on moving vehicles is investigated. We propose a novel signal processing pipeline that combines radar and inertial measurement unit (IMU) data to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-02 Simin Zhu , Satish Ravindran , Lihui Chen , Alexander Yarovoy , Francesco Fioranelli

Autonomous vehicles and robots rely on accurate odometry estimation in GPS-denied environments. While LiDARs and cameras struggle under extreme weather, 4D mmWave radar emerges as a robust alternative with all-weather operability and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-28 Zeyu Han , Shuocheng Yang , Minghan Zhu , Fang Zhang , Shaobing Xu , Maani Ghaffari , Jianqiang Wang

Positional estimation is of great importance in the public safety sector. Emergency responders such as fire fighters, medical rescue teams, and the police will all benefit from a resilient positioning system to deliver safe and effective…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-27 Zhuangzhuang Dai , Muhamad Risqi U. Saputra , Chris Xiaoxuan Lu , Niki Trigoni , Andrew Markham

To measure system states and local environment directly with high precision, expensive sensors are required. However, highly accurate system states and environmental perception can also be achieved using data fusion techniques and digital…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-01-09 Maximilian Harr , Christoph Schaefer

Inertial navigation systems (INS) are widely used in almost any operational environment, including aviation, marine, and land vehicles. Inertial measurements from accelerometers and gyroscopes allow the INS to estimate position, velocity,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-19 Daniel Engelsman , Yair Stolero , Itzik Klein

This work explores Doppler information from a millimetre-Wave (mm-W) Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave (FMCW) scanning radar to make odometry estimation more robust and accurate. Firstly, doppler information is added to the scan masking…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-15 Fraser Rennie , David Williams , Paul Newman , Daniele De Martini

This paper presents a state-estimation solution for legged robots that uses a set of low-cost, compact, and lightweight sensors to achieve low-drift pose and velocity estimation under challenging locomotion conditions. The key idea is to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-23 Shuo Yang , Zixin Zhang , John Z. Zhang , Ibrahima Sory Sow , Zachary Manchester

The challenge of 3D multi-object tracking is achieving robustness in real-world applications, for example under adverse conditions and maintaining consistency as distance increases. To overcome these challenges, sensor fusion approaches…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-22 Bingxue Xu , Emil Hedemalm , Ajinkya Khoche , Patric Jensfelt

Inertial measurement unit (IMU) and odometer have been commonly-used sensors for autonomous land navigation in the global positioning system (GPS)-denied scenarios. This paper systematically proposes a versatile strategy for self-contained…

Robotics · Computer Science 2014-09-04 Yuanxin Wu

Enabling autonomous robots to operate robustly in challenging environments is necessary in a future with increased autonomy. For many autonomous systems, estimation and odometry remains a single point of failure, from which it can often be…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-11 Morten Nissov , Nikhil Khedekar , Kostas Alexis

Safety and reliability are crucial for the public acceptance of autonomous driving. To ensure accurate and reliable environmental perception, intelligent vehicles must exhibit accuracy and robustness in various environments. Millimeter-wave…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-24 Yue Sun , Yeqiang Qian , Chunxiang Wang , Ming Yang

Pose estimation purely based on 3D point-cloud could suffer from degradation, e.g. scan blocks or scans in repetitive environments. To deal with this problem, we propose an approach for fusing 3D spinning LiDAR and IMU to estimate the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-10-20 Haoyang Ye , Ming Liu

Visual odometry and Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) has been studied as one of the most important tasks in the areas of computer vision and robotics, to contribute to autonomous navigation and augmented reality systems. In case…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-08 Seongwook Yoon , Jaehyun Kim , Sanghoon Sull

This work aims to present a three-dimensional vehicle dynamics state estimation under varying signal quality. Few researchers have investigated the impact of three-dimensional road geometries on the state estimation and, thus, neglect road…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-01-30 Sven Goblirsch , Marcel Weinmann , Johannes Betz

Relative State Estimation perform mutually localization between two mobile agents undergoing six-degree-of-freedom motion. Based on the principle of circular motion, the estimation accuracy is sensitive to nonlinear rotations of the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-27 Ruican Xia , Hailong Pei

Recently, the robotics community has regained interest in radar-based perception and state estimation. A 2D imaging radar provides dense 360deg information about the environment. Despite the radar antenna's cone of emission and reception,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Cedric Le Gentil , Daniil Lisus , Timothy D. Barfoot