Active target tracking and cooperative localization for teams of aerial vehicles

F Morbidi, GL Mariottini - IEEE transactions on control systems …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper studies the active target-tracking problem for a team of unmanned aerial vehicles
equipped with 3-D range-finding sensors. We propose a gradient-based control strategy that …

Low-cost collaborative localization for large-scale multi-robot systems

A Prorok, A Bahr, A Martinoli - 2012 IEEE International …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Large numbers of collaborating robots are advantageous for solving distributed problems. In
order to efficiently solve the task at hand, the robots often need accurate localization. In this …

Camera/laser/GPS fusion method for vehicle positioning under extended NIS-based sensor validation

L Wei, C Cappelle, Y Ruichek - IEEE transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Vehicle localization and autonomous navigation consist of precisely positioning a vehicle on
road by the use of different kinds of sensors. This paper presents a vehicle localization …

A reciprocal sampling algorithm for lightweight distributed multi-robot localization

A Prorok, A Martinoli - 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work is situated in the context of collaboratively solving the localization problem for
unknown initial conditions. We address this problem with a novel, fully decentralized, real …

Towards more autonomous ROV operations: Scalable and modular localization with experiment data

EI Grøtli, J Tjønnås, J Azpiazu, AA Transeth… - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2016 - Elsevier
Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) are pivotal for subsea inspection, maintenance and
repair (IMR) operations. Increased autonomy in such IMR operations may constitute …

Efficient distributed multi-robot localization: A target tracking inspired design

O De Silva, GKI Mann… - 2015 IEEE International …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The main reported solutions for the problem of multi-robot relative localization require
synchronous communication between robots, where the network should communicate each …

Unifying consensus and covariance intersection for efficient distributed state estimation over unreliable networks

A Tamjidi, R Oftadeh, MNG Mohamed… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents and studies a recursive information consensus filter for decentralized
dynamic state estimation under circumstances in which the communication network is …

Models and algorithms for ultra-wideband localization in single-and multi-robot systems

ASM Prorok - 2013 - infoscience.epfl.ch
Location is a piece of information that empowers almost any type of application. In contrast
to the outdoors, where global navigation satellite systems provide geo-spatial positioning …

Unifying consensus and covariance intersection for decentralized state estimation

A Tamjidi, S Chakravorty, D Shell - 2016 IEEE/RSJ International …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new recursive information consensus filter for decentralized dynamic-
state estimation. Local estimators are assumed to have access only to local information and …

Multi-sources fusion based vehicle localization in urban environments under a loosely coupled probabilistic framework

L Wei - 2013 - theses.hal.science
In some dense urban environments (eg, a street with tall buildings around), vehicle
localization result provided by Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver might not be …