Logistics is an important driver for the competitiveness of industries and material supply. The
development of smart logistics, powered by precise positioning and communication …

Introduction: The very complex and hazardous environment of underground mines may
significantly contribute to occupational fatalities and injuries. Deploying wireless sensor …

Over the last decade, neural networks have reached almost every field of science and
become a crucial part of various real world applications. Due to the increasing spread …

Semantic navigation is necessary to deploy mobile robots in uncontrolled environments
such as homes or hospitals. Many learning-based approaches have been proposed in …

Autonomous vehicles are expected to play a key role in the future of urban transportation
systems, as they offer potential for additional safety, increased productivity, greater …

A key aspect of robotics today is estimating the state (eg, position and orientation) of a robot,
based on noisy sensor data. This book targets students and practitioners of robotics by …

Robust and accurate, map-based localization is crucial for autonomous mobile systems. In
this paper, we exploit range images generated from 3D LiDAR scans to address the problem …

Mobile robots are increasingly populating our human environments. To interact with humans
in a socially compliant way, these robots need to understand and comply with mutually …

Accurate state estimation for a mobile robot often requires the fusion of data from multiple
sensors. Software that performs sensor fusion should therefore support the inclusion of a …

With the rapid development of automated vehicles (AVs), more and more demands are
proposed towards environmental perception. Among the commonly used sensors, MMW …