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09/14/2023
Comparison of DDS, MQTT, and Zenoh in Edge-to-Edge/Cloud Communication with ROS 2
With the development of IoT and edge computing, there is a need for effi...
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08/31/2023
A Customizable Conflict Resolution and Attribute-Based Access Control Framework for Multi-Robot Systems
As multi-robot systems continue to advance and become integral to variou...
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05/25/2023
Vision-based Safe Autonomous UAV Docking with Panoramic Sensors
The remarkable growth of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has also sparke...
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05/15/2023
Benchmarking UWB-Based Infrastructure-Free Positioning and Multi-Robot Relative Localization: Dataset and Characterization
Ultra-wideband (UWB) positioning has emerged as a low-cost and dependabl...
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04/24/2023
UAV Tracking with Solid-State Lidars:Dynamic Multi-Frequency Scan Integration
With the increasing use of drones across various industries, the navigat...
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04/13/2023
Loosely Coupled Odometry, UWB Ranging, and Cooperative Spatial Detection for Relative Monte-Carlo Multi-Robot Localization
As mobile robots become more ubiquitous, their deployments grow across u...
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04/11/2023
Simulation Analysis of Exploration Strategies and UAV Planning for Search and Rescue
Aerial scans with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are becoming more wide...
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04/03/2023
Is Alice Really in Wonderland? UWB-Based Proof of Location for UAVs with Hyperledger Fabric Blockchain
Remote identification of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is becoming inc...
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04/03/2023
Event-driven Fabric Blockchain - ROS 2 Interface: Towards Secure and Auditable Teleoperation of Mobile Robots
The integration of blockchain technology in robotic systems has been met...
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04/03/2023
Evaluating the Performance of Multi-Scan Integration for UAV LiDAR-based Tracking
Drones have become essential tools in a wide range of industries, includ...
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03/30/2023
Exploiting Redundancy for UWB Anomaly Detection in Infrastructure-Free Multi-Robot Relative Localization
Ultra-wideband (UWB) localization methods have emerged as a cost-effecti...
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03/05/2023
Robust Multi-Modal Multi-LiDAR-Inertial Odometry and Mapping for Indoor Environments
Integrating multiple LiDAR sensors can significantly enhance a robot's p...
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03/01/2023
UAV Tracking with Lidar as a Camera Sensors in GNSS-Denied Environments
LiDAR has become one of the primary sensors in robotics and autonomous s...
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11/02/2022
Distributed Robotic Systems in the Edge-Cloud Continuum with ROS 2: a Review on Novel Architectures and Technology Readiness
Robotic systems are more connected, networked, and distributed than ever...
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10/19/2022
Distributed Ledger Technologies for Managing Heterogenous Computing Systems at the Edge
The increased use of Internet of Things (IoT) devices – from basic senso...
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10/18/2022
Vision-based GNSS-Free Localization for UAVs in the Wild
Considering the accelerated development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV...
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10/07/2022
Decentralized Vision-Based Byzantine Agent Detection in Multi-Robot Systems with IOTA Smart Contracts
Multiple opportunities lie at the intersection of multi-robot systems an...
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10/03/2022
A Benchmark for Multi-Modal Lidar SLAM with Ground Truth in GNSS-Denied Environments
Lidar-based simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) approaches have...
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08/29/2022
UWB Role Allocation with Distributed Ledger Technologies for Scalable Relative Localization in Multi-Robot Systems
Systems for relative localization in multi-robot systems based on ultra-...
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08/29/2022
Partition-Tolerant and Byzantine-Tolerant Decision-Making for Distributed Robotic Systems with IOTA and ROS 2
With the increasing ubiquity of autonomous robotic solutions, the intere...
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06/30/2022
Secure Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Collaboration and Docking with Hyperledger Fabric Blockchain
In recent years, multi-robot systems have received increasing attention ...
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05/31/2022
Towards Lifelong Federated Learning in Autonomous Mobile Robots with Continuous Sim-to-Real Transfer
The role of deep learning (DL) in robotics has significantly deepened ov...
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04/14/2022
Federated Learning for Vision-based Obstacle Avoidance in the Internet of Robotic Things
Deep learning methods have revolutionized mobile robotics, from advanced...
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03/08/2022
Analyzing General-Purpose Deep-Learning Detection and Segmentation Models with Images from a Lidar as a Camera Sensor
Over the last decade, robotic perception algorithms have significantly b...
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03/08/2022
Towards Large-Scale Relative Localization in Multi-Robot Systems with Dynamic UWB Role Allocation
Ultra-wideband (UWB) ranging has emerged as a key radio technology for r...
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03/07/2022
Multi-Modal Lidar Dataset for Benchmarking General-Purpose Localization and Mapping Algorithms
Lidar technology has evolved significantly over the last decade, with hi...
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03/07/2022
Towards Managing Industrial Robot Fleets with Hyperledger Fabric Blockchain and ROS 2
Trust is increasingly becoming a key consideration in the design of auto...
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04/20/2021
An Overview of Federated Learning at the Edge and Distributed Ledger Technologies for Robotic and Autonomous Systems
Autonomous systems are becoming inherently ubiquitous with the advanceme...
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04/01/2021
Cooperative UWB-Based Localization for Outdoors Positioning and Navigation of UAVs aided by Ground Robots
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are becoming largely ubiquitous with an ...
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03/25/2021
Multi Sensor Fusion for Navigation and Mapping in Autonomous Vehicles: Accurate Localization in Urban Environments
The combination of data from multiple sensors, also known as sensor fusi...
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03/24/2021
Applications of UWB Networks and Positioning to Autonomous Robots and Industrial Systems
Ultra-wideband (UWB) technology is a mature technology that contested ot...
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03/06/2021
Adaptive Lidar Scan Frame Integration: Tracking Known MAVs in 3D Point Clouds
Micro-aerial vehicles (MAVs) are becoming ubiquitous across multiple ind...
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12/31/2020
Long-Term Autonomy in Forest Environment using Self-Corrective SLAM
Vehicles with prolonged autonomous missions have to maintain environment...
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11/02/2020
VIO-UWB-Based Collaborative Localization and Dense Scene Reconstruction within Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Systems
Effective collaboration in multi-robot systems requires accurate and rob...
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09/24/2020
Sim-to-Real Transfer in Deep Reinforcement Learning for Robotics: a Survey
Deep reinforcement learning has recently seen huge success across multip...
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09/02/2020
Secure Encoded Instruction Graphs for End-to-End Data Validation in Autonomous Robots
As autonomous robots become increasingly ubiquitous, more attention is b...
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08/28/2020
Collaborative Multi-Robot Systems for Search and Rescue: Coordination and Perception
Autonomous or teleoperated robots have been playing increasingly importa...
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08/18/2020
Towards Closing the Sim-to-Real Gap in Collaborative Multi-Robot Deep Reinforcement Learning
Current research directions in deep reinforcement learning include bridg...
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08/18/2020
Ubiquitous Distributed Deep Reinforcement Learning at the Edge: Analyzing Byzantine Agents in Discrete Action Spaces
The integration of edge computing in next-generation mobile networks is ...
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07/01/2020
Enhancing Autonomy with Blockchain and Multi-Access Edge Computing in Distributed Robotic Systems
This conceptual paper discusses how different aspects involving the auto...
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06/13/2020
Blockchain for Mobile Edge Computing: Consensus Mechanisms and Scalability
Mobile edge computing (MEC) and next-generation mobile networks are set ...
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05/12/2020
Localization in Unstructured Environments: Towards Autonomous Robots in Forests with Delaunay Triangulation
Autonomous harvesting and transportation is a long-term goal of the fore...
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05/07/2020
AutoSOS: Towards Multi-UAV Systems Supporting Maritime Search and Rescue with Lightweight AI and Edge Computing
Rescue vessels are the main actors in maritime safety and rescue operati...
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04/29/2020
End-to-End Design for Self-Reconfigurable Heterogeneous Robotic Swarms
More widespread adoption requires swarms of robots to be more flexible f...
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04/17/2020
UWB-Based Localization for Multi-UAV Systems and Collaborative Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Systems: a Survey
Ultra-wideband technology has emerged in recent years as a robust soluti...
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04/17/2020
Multi-Scale Supervised 3D U-Net for Kidneys and Kidney Tumor Segmentation
Accurate segmentation of kidneys and kidney tumors is an essential step ...
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04/14/2020
Autocalibration of a Mobile UWB Localization System for Ad-Hoc Multi-Robot Deployments in GNSS-Denied Environments
Ultra-wideband (UWB) wireless technology has seen an increased penetrati...
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03/09/2020
UWB-based system for UAV Localization in GNSS-Denied Environments: Characterization and Dataset
Small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) have penetrated multiple domains ov...
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11/23/2019
Blockchain-Powered Collaboration in Heterogeneous Swarms of Robots
One of the key challenges in the collaboration within heterogeneous mult...
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