HVIOnet: A deep learning based hybrid visual–inertial odometry approach for unmanned aerial system position estimation

MF Aslan, A Durdu, A Yusefi, A Yilmaz - Neural Networks, 2022 - Elsevier
Sensor fusion is used to solve the localization problem in autonomous mobile robotics
applications by integrating complementary data acquired from various sensors. In this study …

[HTML][HTML] A Review on Deep Learning for UAV Absolute Visual Localization

A Couturier, MA Akhloufi - Drones, 2024 - mdpi.com
In the past few years, the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has expanded and now
reached mainstream levels for applications such as infrastructure inspection, agriculture …

OFDRA: Optimal femtocell deployment for accurate indoor positioning of RIS-mounted AVs

A Famili, TO Atalay, A Stavrou… - IEEE Journal on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The pursuit of high-accuracy localization without relying on the global positioning system
(GPS) has gained significant interest in recent years. The deployment of autonomous …

Pilot: High-precision indoor localization for autonomous drones

A Famili, A Stavrou, H Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In many scenarios, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), aka drones, need to have the
capability of autonomous flight to carry out their missions successfully. In order to fly …

ROLATIN: Robust localization and tracking for indoor navigation of drones

A Famili, JMJ Park - 2020 IEEE Wireless Communications and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In many drone applications, drones need the ability to fly fully or partially autonomously to
carry out their mission. To enable such fully/partially autonomous flights, the ground control …

iDROP: Robust localization for indoor navigation of drones with optimized beacon placement

A Famili, A Stavrou, H Wang… - IEEE internet of things …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Drones in many applications need the ability to fly fully or partially autonomously to
accomplish their mission. To allow these fully/partially autonomous flights, first, the drone …

RAIL: Robust acoustic indoor localization for drones

A Famili, A Stavrou, H Wang… - 2022 IEEE 95th Vehicular …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Navigating in environments where the GPS signal is unavailable, weak, purposefully
blocked, or spoofed has become crucial for a wide range of applications. A prime example is …

Real-time visual odometry covariance estimation for unmanned air vehicle navigation

ML Anderson, KM Brink, AR Willis - Journal of Guidance, Control, and …, 2019 - arc.aiaa.org
Demand is growing for unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) with greater autonomy, including the
ability to navigate without GPS information, such as indoors. In this work, a novel visual …

Angle Estimation Using Infrared Camera in Outdoor Environment

X Deng, T Tsukada, Y Zhu, T Nam - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel method for angle estimation using an infrared (IR) camera in
outdoor environments. The technique leverages the inherent advantages of IR imaging …

An unmanned system for persistent surveillance in GPS-denied environments

E Leslie, S Flint, HC Briggs, ML Anderson… - AIAA SCITECH 2022 …, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-0118. vid Autonomous systems are
being proposed for exploration work, such as entering unknown indoor environments …