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Autonomous operation of UAVs in a closed environment requires precise and reliable pose estimate that can stabilize the UAV without using external localization systems such as GNSS. In this work, we are concerned with estimating the pose…
Indoor navigation is challenging due to the absence of satellite positioning. This challenge is manifold greater for Visually Impaired People (VIPs) who lack the ability to get information from wayfinding signage. Other sensor signals…
Networks of optically coupled semiconductor lasers are of high interest for fundamental investigations and for enabling numerous technological applications in material processing, lighting and information processing. Still, experimental…
State-of-the-art optical wireless positioning (OWP) commonly reaches centimeter-level accuracy by depending on dense multi-light-emitting diodes (LED) infrastructures, photodiode (PD) arrays, or image-sensor receivers, incurring hardware…
Locating mobile devices precisely in indoor scenarios is a challenging task because of the signal diffraction and reflection in complicated environments. One vital cause deteriorating the localization performance is the inevitable power…
Visible light communications (VLC) that use the infrastructure of the indoor illumination system have been envisioned as a compact, safe, and green alternative to WiFi for the downlink of an indoor wireless mobile communication system.…
Visible light communication (VLC) is an emerging technology and considered as an alternative to overcome some of the disadvantages of radio frequency communication technology in an indoor environment. However, the line of sight nature of…
Cross-modal place recognition methods are flexible GPS-alternatives under varying environment conditions and sensor setups. However, this task is non-trivial since extracting consistent and robust global descriptors from different…
Photonic realizations of neural network computing hardware are a promising approach to enable future scalability of neuromorphic computing. In this review we provide an overview on vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) and how…
Localizing smartphones in indoor environments offers excellent opportunities for e-commerce. In this paper, we propose a localization technique for smartphones in indoor environments. This technique can calculate the coordinates of a…
We introduce WiCluster, a new machine learning (ML) approach for passive indoor positioning using radio frequency (RF) channel state information (CSI). WiCluster can predict both a zone-level position and a precise 2D or 3D position,…
Visible light backscatter (VLB) is an innovative optical transmission paradigm to enable ultra low-power passive communication and localization for the Internet of Things (IoT), by overcoming some of the limitations of conventional (i.e.,…
The trend towards autonomous driving and the continuous research in the automotive area, like Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), requires an accurate localization under all circumstances. An accurate estimation of the vehicle state…
Visible Light Communication (VLC) has gained great interest in the last decade due to the rapid developments in Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) fabrication. Efficiency, durability and long life span of LEDs make them a promising residential…
A major element of depth perception and 3D understanding is the ability to predict the 3D layout of a scene and its contained objects for a novel pose. Indoor environments are particularly suitable for novel view prediction, since the set…
Radio channel state information (CSI) measured with many receivers is a good resource for localizing a transmit device with machine learning with a discriminative model. However, CSI localization is nontrivial when the radio map is…
Inspection systems utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with thermal cameras are increasingly popular for the maintenance of photovoltaic (PV) power plants. However, automation of the inspection task is a challenging problem…
Autonomous Mobile Robots operating in indoor industrial environments require a localization system that is reliable and robust. While Visual Odometry (VO) can offer a reasonable estimation of the robot's state, traditional VO methods…
We demonstrate experimentally the electro-activation of a localized optical structure in a coherently driven broad-area vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) operated below threshold. Control is achieved by electro-optically…
Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) systems are pivotal for precise distance and velocity measurement, yet widespread deployment requires solutions that balance their performance, robustness, and simplicity. Here, we propose a novel chaotic…