An arbitrary rigid transformation in SE (3) can be separated into two parts, namely, a
translation and a rigid rotation. This technical report reviews, under a unifying viewpoint …

This paper focuses on data fusion, which is fundamental to one of the most important
modules in any autonomous system: perception. Over the past decade, there has been a …

In the last decade, the research on and the technology for outdoor tracking have seen an
explosion of advances. It is expected that in the near future, we will witness similar trends for …

This paper presents a novel path planning algorithm for autonomous, uncertainty-aware
exploration and map** of unknown environments using aerial robots. The proposed …

Robots have become a popular educational tool in secondary education, introducing
scientific, technological, engineering and mathematical concepts to students all around the …

This paper introduces a novel approach to measure and evaluate the proper use of
harnesses at construction sites: we deploy Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons for …

This work presents an uncertainty-aware path-planning strategy to achieve autonomous
aerial robotic exploration of unknown environments while ensuring map** consistency on …

In this paper we present a novel information-theoretic utility function for selecting actions in a
robot-based autonomous exploration task. The robot's goal in an autonomous exploration …

This paper addresses the problem of estimating the spatial distribution of volatile substances
using a mobile robot equipped with an electronic nose. Our work contributes an effective …

In robotics, the problem of concurrently addressing the localization and map** is well
defined as simultaneous localization and map** (SLAM) problem. Since the SLAM …