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Sensor based person tracking is a challenging
topic. The main objective is positioning in areas without
GPS connection, i.e. indoors. A research project is carried
out at BAM, Federal Institute for Materials Research and
Testing, to develop and to validate a multi-sensor system for
3D localization. It combines body motion sensing and a
guard system for the tracking and recording of the status of
persons. The so named BodyGuard system was designed for
sensor-based monitoring and radio-based transmission of
the movement of a person. Algorithms were developed to
transform the sensor data into a spatial coordinate. This
paper describes how the BodyGuard system operates, which
main components were used in the system, how the
individual sensor data are converted into 3D motion data,
with which algorithms the individual sensors are processed,
how individual errors are compensated and how the sensor
data are merged into a 3D Model. Final objective of the
BodyGuard system is to determine the exact location of a
person in a building, e.g. during fire-fighting operations.
Gas source localization with a micro-drone using bio-inspired and particle filter-based algorithms
(2013)
Gas source localization (GSL) with mobile robots is a challenging task due to the unpredictable nature of gas dispersion, the limitations of the currents sensing technologies, and the mobility constraints of ground-based robots. This work proposes an integral solution for the GSL task, including source declaration. We present a novel pseudo-gradient-based plume tracking algorithm and a particle filter-based source declaration approach, and apply it on a gas-sensitive micro-drone. We compare the performance of the proposed system in simulations and real-world experiments against two commonly used tracking algorithms adapted for aerial exploration missions.
This article presents the development and validation of an autonomous, gas sensitive microdrone that is capable of estimating the wind vector in real time using only the onboard control unit of the microdrone and performing gas distribution mapping (DM). Two different sampling approaches are suggested to address this problem. On the one hand, a predefined trajectory is used to explore the target area with the microdrone in a real-world gas DM experiment. As an alternative sampling approach, we introduce an adaptive strategy that suggests next sampling points based on an artificial potential field (APF). Initial results in real-world experiments demonstrate the capability of the proposed adaptive sampling strategy for gas DM and its use for gas source localization.
In this paper, we show that a micro unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with commercially available gas sensors can address environmental monitoring and gas source localization (GSL) tasks. To account for the challenges of gas sensing under real-world conditions, we present a probabilistic approach for GSL that is based on a particle filter (PF). Simulation and real-world experiments demonstrate the suitability of this algorithm for micro UAV platforms.
In this paper, we show that a micro unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with commercially available gas sensors can address environmental monitoring and gas source localization (GSL) tasks. To account for the challenges of gas sensing under real-world conditions, we present a probabilistic approach to GSL that is based on a particle filter (PF). Simulation and real-world experiments demonstrate the suitability of this algorithm for micro UAV platforms.
Inertial Navigation Systems with three 3D sensors are used to localize moving persons. The accuracy of the localization depends on the quality of the sensor data of the multi-sensor system. In order to improve the accuracy, a self-calibration process based on the automatic 3D calibration was developed. Based on the calibration procedure of the accelerometer (ACC) and the magnetic field sensor (MAG), the additional integration of the gyroscope (GYRO) leads to a reduction of the indoor positioning error. This improves both the approximation for the accelerometer and the magnetic field sensor so that the standard deviation of a single sensor is minimized. A new calibration procedure of the gyroscope and the accuracy improvement of the localization of a moving person are presented.
For the accuracy of inertial navigation systems for indoor localization it is important to get high quality sensor data of the multi-sensor system. This can be realized using high quality sensors or the developed 3D-self-calibration-method for low cost sensors. Based on the calibration procedure of the accelerometer (ACC) and the magnetic field sensor (MAG), the additional integration of the gyroscope (GYRO) leads to a reduction of the indoor positioning error. This improves both the approximation for the accelerometer, the magnetic field sensor and the gyroscope so that the standard deviation of a single sensor is minimized. There are errors in the whole system. To determine these error sources it is important to define the measurement uncertainty. In this paper it is presented that the measurement uncertainty can be reduced by the application of the developed 3D-self-calibration method.