– Many untethered mobile robots require an operator’s vision and intelligence for guidance and navigation. Animals and insects, however, use sensory systems such as hearing, an...
William A. Lewinger, Michael S. Watson, Roger D. Q...
— This paper presents the Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (vSLAMTM ) algorithm, a novel algorithm for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). The algorithm is ...
Niklas Karlsson, Enrico Di Bernardo, James P. Ostr...
This study attempts to find a theoretical basis for the development of digital cities. The ultimate function of a digital city is to support navigation in an environment. Navigatio...
Victor V. Kryssanov, Masayuki Okabe, Koh Kakusho, ...
We present an emerging indoor assisted navigation system for the visually impaired. The core of the system is a mobile robotic base with a sensor suite mounted on it. The sensor s...
Vladimir A. Kulyukin, Chaitanya Gharpure, Pradnya ...
—We propose a scheme for routing and placement of mobile data collectors in Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks (UASNs). The proposed scheme maximizes the lifetime of the network...