Mobile robots are devices that can move autonomously to accomplish their goals. This
paper provides a review of such robots oriented towards manufacturing applications. It …

Most portable systems like smart-phones are equipped with low cost consumer grade
sensors, making them useful as Pedestrian Navigation Systems (PNS). Measurements of …

ABSTRACT The Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) was invented in 1953 and is a driverless
transport vehicle used for horizontal movement. AGVs are battery powered, centrally …

Grid navigation spaces nested with the radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags are
promising for industrial and other needs, because each tag can deliver information about a …

Ultra low-power radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag with precision localization is often
the enabling technology for location-aware sensor applications. Impulse-Radio Ultra …

This paper presents a robust system for mitigating adversarial and natural GPS disruptions
by presenting:(1) a software-based defense mechanism against spoofing attacks using …

Research on service robots especially for health care or home assistant has been in
growing interest during last decades. New solutions are needed to assist elderly people and …

The population in the world is getting older and the need for the new technical solutions
supporting independent life of elderly people is increasing. The needs and expectations of …

Accuracy of target self-localization in RFID tag information networks and grids critically
affects its situation awareness. With an insufficient localization accuracy, information about …

We present a method of instructing a sequential task to a household robot using a hand-held
augmented reality device. The user decomposes a high-level goal such as “prepare a drink” …