Advancements in robotics and autonomous systems are being deployed nowadays in many
application domains such as search and rescue, industrial automation, domestic services …

Abstract Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is a key problem in the field of
Artificial Intelligence and mobile robotics that addresses the problem of localization and …

The adoption of millimeter-wave technology could open the possibility to integrate massive
antenna arrays inside future 5G user mobile devices, with the possibility to enable new …

This paper describes system identification, estimation and control of translational motion and
heading angle for a cost effective open-source quadcopter-the MikroKopter. The dynamics …

Concrete spalling and crack inspection is a labor intensive and routine task. However, it
plays an important role in structure health monitoring (SHM) of civil infrastructures …

Advancing research into autonomous micro aerial vehicle navigation requires data
structures capable of representing indoor and outdoor 3D environments. The vehicle must …

Micro aerial vehicles, such as multirotors, are particularly well suited for the autonomous
monitoring, inspection, and surveillance of buildings, eg, for maintenance or disaster …

Simultaneous localization and environment mapping (SLAM) is the core to robotic mapping
and navigation as it constructs simultaneously the unknown environment and localizes the …

Micro aerial vehicles, such as multirotors, are particular well suited for the autonomous
monitoring, inspection, and surveillance of buildings, eg, for maintenance in industrial …

The main contribution of this paper is to bridge the gap between passive monocular SLAM
and autonomous robotic systems. While passive monocular SLAM strives to reconstruct the …