CREPES: Cooperative relative pose estimation system

Z Xun, J Huang, Z Li, Z Ying, Y Wang… - 2023 IEEE/RSJ …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mutual localization plays a crucial role in multi-robot cooperation. CREPES, a novel system
that focuses on six degrees of freedom (DOF) relative pose estimation for multi-robot …

Multi-robot relative pose estimation and IMU preintegration using passive UWB transceivers

MA Shalaby, CC Cossette, J Le Ny… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultra-wideband (UWB) systems are becoming increasingly popular as a means of inter-robot
ranging and communication. A major constraint associated with UWB is that only one pair of …

A Novel Single-beacon Positioning with Inertial Measurement Optimization

J Yang, M Wu, Y Cong, Y Guo, X Zhou… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper studies the positioning problem for a moving vehicle with single-beacon ranging
and Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU). Unlike previous studies widely relying on multiple …

Multi-robot active sensing for bearing formations

N De Carli, P Salaris… - … Symposium on Multi-Robot …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a novel distributed active sensing control strategy for formations of
drones measuring relative bearings. To be able to localize their relative positions from …

Range-Aided Drift-Free Cooperative Localization and Consistent Reconstruction of Multi-Ground Robots

H Zhang, Z Li, S Zheng, P Zheng… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fast and flexible dense reconstruction has been extensively studied due to its wide
application. Considering the efficiency of multi-robot systems, cooperative reconstruction is …

Concurrent-Learning Based Relative Localization in Shape Formation of Robot Swarms

J Lü, K Ze, S Yue, K Liu, W Wang, G Sun - arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.06052, 2024 - arxiv.org
In this paper, we address the shape formation problem for massive robot swarms in
environments where external localization systems are unavailable. Achieving this task …

UWB/INS-based robust anchor-free relative positioning scheme for UGVs

H Zhang, Z Li, S Zheng, Y Liu, P Zheng… - Measurement Science …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
With the development of new distributed cluster applications such as distributed radar and
UGV cooperation, the concept of relative positioning springs up—different from the classic …

Gaussian-Sum Filter for Range-based 3D Relative Pose Estimation in the Presence of Ambiguities

SS Ahmed, MA Shalaby, CC Cossette… - … IEEE Conference on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multi-robot systems must have the ability to accurately estimate relative states between
robots in order to perform collaborative tasks, possibly with no external aiding. Three …

Easy Rocap: A Low-Cost and Easy-to-Use Motion Capture System for Drones

H Wang, C Chen, Y He, S Sun, L Li, Y Xu, B Yang - Drones, 2024 - mdpi.com
Fast and accurate pose estimation is essential for the local motion control of robots such as
drones. At present, camera-based motion capture (Mocap) systems are mostly used by …

Onboard cooperative relative positioning system for Micro-UAV swarm based on UWB/Vision/INS fusion through distributed graph optimization

C Xiong, W Lu, H Xiong, H Ding, Q He, D Zhao, J Wan… - Measurement, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, the swarm of micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (micro-UAVs) is becoming a
research hotspot. As the basis of swarm autonomous flight, traditional relative positioning …