Over the last decade, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, have been
broadly utilized in various agricultural fields, such as crop management, crop monitoring …

We present an air-coupled ultrasonic imaging system based on a 40-kHz 8× 8 phased-array
for 3-D real-time localization of multiple objects in the far-field. By attaching a waveguide to …

Airborne 3D imaging using ultrasound is a promising sensing modality for robotic
applications in harsh environments. Over the last decade, several high-performance …

The bearings of rotating machinery often fail, leading to unforeseen downtime of large
machines in industrial plants. Therefore, condition monitoring can be a powerful tool to aid in …

This letter presents LiDAR-BIND, a novel sensor fusion framework aimed at enhancing the
reliability and safety of autonomous vehicles (AVs) through a shared latent embedding …

Sensors using ultrasonic sound have proven to provide accurate 3D perception in difficult
environments where other modalities fail. Several industrial sectors need accurate and …

State-of-the-art autonomous vehicles use all kinds of sensors based on light, such as a
camera or LIDAR (Laser Imaging Detection And Ranging). These sensors tend to fail when …

Echolocation is the prime sensing modality for many species of bats, who show the intricate
ability to perform a plethora of tasks in complex and unstructured environments …

Air-coupled ultrasonic sonar systems are a valuable complement to lidar sensors for safe
navigation of autonomous vehicles, especially in environments with optically transparent …

The use of different modalities improves the perception of the environment in situations
where the conventional sensors fail (camera and LiDAR). The inclusion of these modalities …