An experimental study was performed to quantify the performance of eleven common robotic
navigation rangefinding technologies and camera systems in fire smoke environments …

Technology has recently been developed which offers an excellent opportunity to design
systems with the ability to help people in their own houses. In particular, assisting elderly …

Mapping the environment is necessary for navigation, planning and manipulation. In this
paper, a fusion framework (as data-in-decision-out) is introduced for a 2D LIDAR and a 3D …

Mapping and navigating with mobile robots in scenarios with reduced visibility, eg due to
smoke, dust, or fog, is still a big challenge nowadays. In spite of the tremendous advance on …

Human tracking is an important issue for intelligent robotic control and can be used in many
scenarios, such as robotic services and human-robot cooperation. Most of current human …

Human-following robots have been researched and developed actively these decades due
to its plentiful applications in daily life and manufacturing. A human-following robot requires …

Coal mines pose a high safety risk for human workers. An autonomous inspection drone
would enable a coal mine operation to reduce this risk by minimizing the time spent by …

A method of sensor fusion was developed to combine long-wavelength infrared (LWIR)
stereo vision and a spinning LIDAR for improved rangefinding in smoke-obscured …

Indoor localization in smoke conditions is one of the EU GUARDIANS project goals. When
smoke density grows, optical sensors such as laser range finders and cameras cease to be …

Human-following has become one of the most import functions as to human-friendly robots
that are able to coexist with humans and serve humans. In this paper, we propose a tracking …