A Kalman filter-based algorithm for IMU-camera calibration: Observability analysis and performance evaluation

FM Mirzaei, SI Roumeliotis - IEEE transactions on robotics, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Vision-aided inertial navigation systems (V-INSs) canprovide precise state estimates for the
3-D motion of a vehicle when no external references (eg, GPS) are available. This is …

Visual servoing trajectory tracking of nonholonomic mobile robots without direct position measurement

K Wang, Y Liu, L Li - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Localization is one of the most difficult and costly problems in mobile robotics. To avoid this
problem, this paper presents a new controller for the trajectory tracking of nonholonomic …

Observability analysis for mobile robot localization

A Martinelli, R Siegwart - 2005 IEEE/RSJ International …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the problem of localize two mobile robots is considered. The robots are
equipped with proprioceptive sensors (like encoders) and exteroceptive sensors able to …

Data fusion of four ABS sensors and GPS for an enhanced localization of car-like vehicles

P Bonnifait, P Bouron, P Crubille… - Proceedings 2001 ICRA …, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A localization system using GPS, ABS sensors and a driving wheel encoder is described
and tested through real experiments. An odometric technique using the four ABS sensors is …

An autonomous restaurant service robot with high positioning accuracy

Q Yu, C Yuan, Z Fu, Y Zhao - Industrial Robot: An International …, 2012 - emerald.com
Purpose–Recently, service robots have been widely used in various fields. The purpose of
this paper is to design a restaurant service robot which could be applicable to provide basic …

State estimation based on the concept of continuous symmetry and observability analysis: The case of calibration

A Martinelli - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper considers the problem of state estimation in autonomous navigation from a
theoretical perspective. In particular, the investigation concerns problems where the …

Research of the localization of restaurant service robot

Y Qing-xiao, Y Can, F Zhuang… - International Journal of …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper designs a restaurant service robot which could be applicable to providing basic
service, such as ordering, fetching and sending food, settlement and so on, for the …

Self-calibration for land navigation using inertial sensors and odometer: Observability analysis

Y Wu, M Wu, X Hu, D Hu - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control …, 2009 - arc.aiaa.org
Determination of frame misalignment is a common problem for any real system combining
information from more than one sensor. By way of observability analysis, this paper …

Estimating first-order geometric parameters and monitoring contact transitions during force-controlled compliant motion

J De Schutter, H Bruyninckx, S Dutré… - … Journal of Robotics …, 1999 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper uses (linearized) Kalman filters to estimate first-order geometric parameters (ie,
orientation of contact normals and location of contact points) that occur in force-controlled …

Estimation and observability analysis of human motion on Lie groups

V Joukov, J Ćesić, K Westermann… - IEEE transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes a framework for human-pose estimation from the wearable sensors
that rely on a Lie group representation to model the geometry of the human movement …