Redundant navigation systems are critical for safe operation of UAVs in high-risk
environments. Since most commercial UAVs almost wholly rely on GPS, jamming …

In this paper, we propose SCALAR, a calibration method to simultaneously calibrate the
kinematic parameters of a 6-DoF robot and the extrinsic parameters of a 2-D laser range …

Robust autonomous navigation of multirotor UAVs in GPS-denied environments is critical to
enable their safe operation in many applications such as surveillance and reconnaissance …

In recent years, the recreational and commercial use of flight and driving simulators has
become more popular. All these applications require the calculation of orientation in either …

Visual-inertial (VI) sensor combinations are becoming ubiquitous in a variety of autonomous
driving and aerial navigation applications due to their low cost, limited power consumption …

Vision-based navigation techniques are commonly used for autonomous flight in outdoor
GPS-denied environments. We adapt Visual Teach and Repeat (VT&R), a vision-based …

Traditional multi-camera systems require a fixed calibration between cameras to provide the
solution at the correct scale, which places many limitations on its performance. This thesis …

In the current age of automation, robots have been designed to interact and work with
humans. Humanoid robots are mostly used for this social interaction. To interact in a social …

As micro aerial vehicles (MAVs) become increasingly common as platforms for aerial
inspection, monitoring and tracking, the need for robust automated landing methods …