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To accomplish task efficiently in a multiple robots system, a problem that has to be addressed is Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) has been used for many SLAM solutions due to its superb…

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

Some of the next generation massive spectroscopic survey projects, such as DESI and PFS, plan to use thousands of fiber positioner robots packed at a focal plane to quickly move in parallel the fiber-ends from the previous to the next…

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Mutual localization provides a consensus of reference frame as an essential basis for cooperation in multirobot systems. Previous works have developed certifiable and robust solvers for relative transformation estimation between each pair…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-18 Yingjian Wang , Xiangyong Wen , Yanjun Cao , Chao Xu , Fei Gao

Nowadays, accurate localization plays an essential role in many fields, like target tracking and path planning. The challenges of indoor localization include inadequate localization accuracy, unreasonable anchor deployment in complex…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-10 Fengyun Zhang , Li Yang , Yuhuan Liu , Yulong Ding , Shuang-Hua Yang , Hao Li

This paper presents MULAN-WC, a novel multi-robot 3D reconstruction framework that leverages wireless signal-based coordination between robots and Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF). Our approach addresses key challenges in multi-robot 3D…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Weiying Wang , Victor Cai , Stephanie Gil

To achieve accurate and robust object detection in the real-world scenario, various forms of images are incorporated, such as color, thermal, and depth. However, multimodal data often suffer from the position shift problem, i.e., the image…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-04-22 Lu Zhang , Zhiyong Liu , Xiangyu Zhu , Zhan Song , Xu Yang , Zhen Lei , Hong Qiao

Leveraging multi-modal fusion, especially between camera and LiDAR, has become essential for building accurate and robust 3D object detection systems for autonomous vehicles. Until recently, point decorating approaches, in which point…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-28 Philip Jacobson , Yiyang Zhou , Wei Zhan , Masayoshi Tomizuka , Ming C. Wu

In Swarm Robotic Systems (SRSs), only a few robots are equipped with Global Positioning System (GPS) devices, known as anchors. A challenge lies in inferring the positions of other unknown robots based on the positions of anchors. Existing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-09-27 Zuhao Teng , Qian Dong

Accurate localization is an essential technology for the flexible navigation of robots in large-scale environments. Both SLAM-based and map-based localization will increase the computing load due to the increase in map size, which will…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-30 Yixiao Feng , Zhou Jiang , Yongliang Shi , Yunlong Feng , Xiangyu Chen , Hao Zhao , Guyue Zhou

Pedestrian Indoor localization based on modalities available in modern smartphones have been widely studied in literature and many of the specific challenges have been addressed. However, very few approaches consider the whole problem and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-01 Christophe Villien , Anne Frassati , Bruno Flament

Besides standard cameras, autonomous vehicles typically include multiple additional sensors, such as lidars and radars, which help acquire richer information for perceiving the content of the driving scene. While several recent works focus…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-14 Tim Broedermann , Christos Sakaridis , Dengxin Dai , Luc Van Gool

Collaborative object localization aims to collaboratively estimate locations of objects observed from multiple views or perspectives, which is a critical ability for multi-agent systems such as connected vehicles. To enable collaborative…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-03-09 Peng Gao , Rui Guo , Hongsheng Lu , Hao Zhang

In this paper we propose a method to achieve relative positioning and tracking of a target by a quadcopter using Ultra-wideband (UWB) ranging sensors, which are strategically installed to help retrieve both relative position and bearing…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-07-02 Thien-Minh Nguyen , Abdul Hanif Zaini , Chen Wang , Kexin Guo , Lihua Xie

In multi-robot systems, relative localization between platforms plays a crucial role in many tasks, such as leader following, target tracking, or cooperative maneuvering. State of the Art (SotA) approaches either rely on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-30 Valerio Brunacci , Alberto Dionigi , Alessio De Angelis , Gabriele Costante

This paper proposes an efficient hybrid localization framework for the autonomous navigation of an unmanned ground vehicle in uneven or rough terrain, as well as techniques for detailed processing of 3D point cloud data. The framework is an…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-01 Ioannis Alamanos , George P. Moustris , Costas S. Tzafestas

Accurate beam prediction is essential for maintaining reliable links and high spectral efficiency in dynamic low-altitude wireless networks. However, existing approaches often fail to capture the deep correlations across heterogeneous…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-03 Xiaotong Zhao , Yuanhao Cui , Weijie Yuan , Ziye Jia , Heng Liu , Chengwen Xing

Cellular-connected unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) represent a promising technology for extending the coverage of 5G and 6G networks in a cost-effective manner. Additionally, Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) serves as an…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-01 Byunghyun Lee , Andrew Marcum , David Love , James Krogmeier

Localization in indoor environments is essential to further support automation in a wide array of scenarios. Moreover, direction-of-arrival knowledge is essential to supporting high speed millimeter-wave (mmWave) links in indoor…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-11-12 Letizia Moro , Hani Mehrpouyan

Visual simultaneous localization and mapping (VSLAM) has broad applications, with state-of-the-art methods leveraging deep neural networks for better robustness and applicability. However, there is a lack of research in fusing these…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-21 Yuxuan Zhou , Xingxing Li , Shengyu Li , Xuanbin Wang , Shaoquan Feng , Yuxuan Tan