A robust and accurate landing methodology for drones on moving targets

A Keller, B Ben-Moshe - Drones, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a framework for performing autonomous precise landing of unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs) on dynamic targets. The main goal of this work is to design the …

Autonomous docking system for UUV based on cooperative guidance of multiple markers: Design and experiment

J Qu, J Xie, T Su, X Li, J Zhang, Q Sun, H Jiao - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
To address the challenges of blind drilling, complex background interference, and low
control accuracy in the autonomous docking process of unmanned underwater vehicles …

FiMa-Reader: A Cost-Effective Fiducial Marker Reader System for Autonomous Mobile Robot Docking in Manufacturing Environments

X Bian, W Chen, D Ran, Z Liang, X Mei - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Featured Application A fiducial marker reader system, featuring a novel marker design, has
been proposed to guide mobile robots in accomplishing high-precision docking missions …

A multi-stage localization framework for accurate and precise docking of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs)

A Yilmaz, H Temeltas - Robotica, 2024 - cambridge.org
Autonomous navigation has been a long-standing research topic, and researchers have
worked on many challenging problems in indoor and outdoor environments. One application …

Introducing Mag-Nets: Rapidly Bending Electromagnetic Actuators for Self-contained Soft Robots

G Bolanakis, E Papadopoulos - IEEE Robotics and Automation …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Present electromagnetic soft actuators rely on external magnetic fields or power supplies,
while the very few that operate autonomously produce weak actuating forces, limiting their …

[HTML][HTML] Fast automatic docking control for electric tractors

P Li, Y Bai, W Li, B Chen, B You, H Zhuang… - Fundamental …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, we investigate the automatic docking of an electric tractor with a semi-trailer in
narrow and long-distance scenarios. We propose an automatic docking method based on a …

Measuring turbulence using spatially encoded targets

K Drexler, S Lilledahl, B Laxton… - … Imaging, Sensing, and …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
This paper will propose a new method of measuring path integrated turbulence using Quick
Response (QR) codes. The QR turbulence estimation theory will be presented, and results …

Feasibility of remote estimation of optical turbulence via quick response code imaging

B Neuner III, SD Lilledahl… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Turbulence estimation theory is presented and demonstrated by imaging a series of spatially
encoded quick response (QR) codes in ambient radiation through atmospheric scintillation …

[PDF][PDF] High precision docking of an industrial omni-directional drive robot

G Erlandsson, F Sjöqvist - 2022 - diva-portal.org
The industry desire highly precise mobile robot docking solutions that are robust, reliable,
scalable, cheap, and efficient. It is beneficial to have highly precise docking of mobile robots …

Mitigating atmospheric turbulence using homodyne interferometry

B Laxton, S Lilledahl, B Neuner… - … and Adaptive Optics …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
This paper will demonstrate an 18 aperture Digital Adaptive Optics system imaging through
laboratory-controlled turbulence. Comparisons to a standard imaging system, with data that …