Indoor localization of mobile agents using wireless technologies is becoming very important in military and civil applications. This paper introduces an approach for the indoor localization of a mini UAV based on Ultra-WideBand technology, low cost IMU and vision based sensors. In this work an Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) is introduced as a possible technique to improve the localization. The proposed approach allows to use a low-cost Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) in the prediction step and the integration of vision-odometry for the detection of markers nearness the touchdown area. The ranging measurements allow to reduce the error of inertial measurement due to the limited performance of accelerometers and gyros. The obtained results show that an accuracy of 10 cm can be achieved.
A Modular Framework for Fast Prototyping of Cooperative Unmanned Aerial Vehicle / Benini, Alessandro; Mancini, Adriano; R., Minutolo; Longhi, Sauro; M., Montanari. - (2011).
A Modular Framework for Fast Prototyping of Cooperative Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
BENINI, ALESSANDRO;MANCINI, ADRIANO;LONGHI, SAURO;
2011-01-01
Abstract
Indoor localization of mobile agents using wireless technologies is becoming very important in military and civil applications. This paper introduces an approach for the indoor localization of a mini UAV based on Ultra-WideBand technology, low cost IMU and vision based sensors. In this work an Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) is introduced as a possible technique to improve the localization. The proposed approach allows to use a low-cost Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) in the prediction step and the integration of vision-odometry for the detection of markers nearness the touchdown area. The ranging measurements allow to reduce the error of inertial measurement due to the limited performance of accelerometers and gyros. The obtained results show that an accuracy of 10 cm can be achieved.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
