Distributed relative localization algorithms for multi-robot networks: A survey

S Wang, Y Wang, D Li, Q Zhao - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
For a network of robots working in a specific environment, relative localization among robots
is the basis for accomplishing various upper-level tasks. To avoid the latency and fragility of …

Flexible and resource-efficient multi-robot collaborative visual-inertial-range localization

TH Nguyen, TM Nguyen, L Xie - IEEE Robotics and Automation …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In multi-robot systems, two important research problems are relative localization between
the robots and global localization of all robots in a common frame. Traditional methods rely …

Relative transformation estimation based on fusion of odometry and UWB ranging data

TH Nguyen, L Xie - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we study the problem of estimating the four-degree-of-freedom (3-D position
and heading) robot-to-robot relative frame transformation using onboard odometry and …

On-board range-based relative localization for micro air vehicles in indoor leader–follower flight

S Van Der Helm, M Coppola, KN McGuire… - Autonomous …, 2020 - Springer
We present a range-based solution for indoor relative localization by micro air vehicles
(MAVs), achieving sufficient accuracy for leader–follower flight. Moving forward from …

Swarm robotics: Remarks on terminology and classification

A Zakiev, T Tsoy, E Magid - International conference on interactive …, 2018 - Springer
Swarm robotics is a fast-growing field of research in recent years. As studies count
increases, the terminology requires a revision in order to provide a proper level of unification …

On-board communication-based relative localization for collision avoidance in micro air vehicle teams

M Coppola, KN McGuire, KYW Scheper… - Autonomous …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract To avoid collisions, Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) flying in teams require estimates of
their relative locations, preferably with minimal mass and processing burden. We present a …

Distributed TDMA for mobile UWB network localization

Y Cao, C Chen, D St-Onge… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many applications related to the Internet of Things, such as tracking people or objects,
robotics, and monitoring require the localization of large networks of devices in dynamic …

Multi-robot relative positioning and orientation system based on UWB range and graph optimization

S Zheng, Z Li, Y Yin, Y Liu, H Zhang, P Zheng, X Zou - Measurement, 2022 - Elsevier
The relative position and orientation estimation is one of the most fundamental components
for multi-robot systems, while it still remains an open and challenging research topic in …

Kinetic Euclidean distance matrices

P Tabaghi, I Dokmanić, M Vetterli - IEEE Transactions on Signal …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Euclidean distance matrices (EDMs) are a major tool for localization from distances, with
applications ranging from protein structure determination to global positioning and manifold …

Soft computing for swarm robotics: new trends and applications

E Osaba, J Del Ser, A Iglesias, XS Yang - Journal of Computational Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Robotics have experienced a meteoric growth over the last decades, reaching
unprecedented levels of distributed intelligence and self-autonomy. Today, a myriad of real …