Acoustic sensors for air and surface navigation applications

R Kapoor, S Ramasamy, A Gardi, RV Schyndel… - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
This paper presents the state-of-the-art and reviews the state-of-research of acoustic
sensors used for a variety of navigation and guidance applications on air and surface …

Bioinspired Perception and Navigation of Service Robots in Indoor Environments: A Review

J Wang, S Lin, A Liu - Biomimetics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biological principles draw attention to service robotics because of similar concepts when
robots operate various tasks. Bioinspired perception is significant for robotic perception …

BatSLAM: Simultaneous localization and mapping using biomimetic sonar

J Steckel, H Peremans - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
We propose to combine a biomimetic navigation model which solves a simultaneous
localization and mapping task with a biomimetic sonar mounted on a mobile robot to …

Batvision: Learning to see 3d spatial layout with two ears

JH Christensen, S Hornauer… - 2020 IEEE International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many species have evolved advanced non-visual perception while artificial systems fall
behind. Radar and ultrasound complement camera-based vision but they are often too …

Broadband 3-D sonar system using a sparse array for indoor navigation

J Steckel, A Boen, H Peremans - IEEE Transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Array beamforming techniques allow for the generation of 3-D spatial filters which can be
used to localize objects in a large field of view (FOV) without the need for mechanical …

Sensorimotor model of obstacle avoidance in echolocating bats

D Vanderelst, MW Holderied… - PLoS computational …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Bat echolocation is an ability consisting of many subtasks such as navigation, prey detection
and object recognition. Understanding the echolocation capabilities of bats comes down to …

SonoTraceLab-A Raytracing-Based Acoustic Modelling System for Simulating Echolocation Behavior of Bats

W Jansen, J Steckel - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Echolocation is the prime sensing modality for many species of bats, who show the intricate
ability to perform a plethora of tasks in complex and unstructured environments …

3-dimensional sonic phase-invariant echo localization

C Hahne - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Parallax and Time-of-Flight (ToF) are often regarded as complementary in robotic vision
where various light and weather conditions remain challenges for advanced camera-based …

CatChatter: Acoustic perception for mobile robots

E Tracy, N Kottege - IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There are many examples in nature of animals using acoustics to understand and navigate
the world around them. Inspired by this, we train an image-to-image translation network to …

Avoidance of non-localizable obstacles in echolocating bats: A robotic model

C Bou Mansour, E Koreman, J Steckel… - PLoS computational …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Most objects and vegetation making up the habitats of echolocating bats return a multitude
of overlapping echoes. Recent evidence suggests that the limited temporal and spatial …