Browsing by Subject "navigation"
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An analysis of navigational instruments in the Age of Exploration: 15th century to mid-17th century (Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)During the Age of Exploration, navigation evolved from a field filled with superstition into a modern science in Portugal, Spain, and England. The most common navigation instruments utilized and their subsequent innovations ...
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(2015-07-30)This thesis explores the use of small unmanned aerial systems (SUASs) for mapping of unknown disaster environments and investigates the impact of characteristics of such challenging environments on simultaneous localization ...
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(2016-04-28)The ability of a robotic system to fully and autonomously interact with its environment is key to the future of applications such as commercial package delivery services, elderly robotic assistants, agricultural monitoring ...
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(2014-05-05)The tactile medium of communication with users is appropriate for displaying information in situations where auditory and visual mediums are saturated. There are situations where a subject's ability to receive information ...
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Development of a Testbed for Laboratory Validation of Navigation, Estimation, and Sensing Algorithms (2021-01-22)Laboratory validation is an important step in the development of new navigation and estimation algorithms. The laboratory validation process often requires the simulation and/or emulation of vehicles, sensors, and operational ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)Personal robotics applications require autonomous mobile robot navigation methods that are safe, robust, and inexpensive. Two requirements for autonomous use of robots for such applications are an automatic motion planner ...
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(2021-05-04)To realize the full potential of autonomous navigation, computing at the edge of network infrastructure is critical in reducing response times. In navigation systems, high-performance computing resources are often necessary ...
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(2017-04-28)Multirotors could be used to autonomously perform tasks in search-and-rescue, reconnaissance, or infrastructure-monitoring applications. In these environments, the vehicle may have limited or degraded GPS access. Researchers ...
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(2009-05-15)In 1587, an ambitious colonial bureaucrat in Mexico City published a handbook titled Instrucción náutica. Although navigational books were common throughout the 16th century, the Instrucción náutica was the first printed ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Open-loop position estimation methods are commonly used in mobile robot applications. Their strength lies in the speed and simplicity with which an estimated position is determined. However, these methods can lead to ...
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(2014-09-01)Monocular Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (MonoSLAM), a derivative of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), is a navigation method for autonomous vehicles that uses only an inertial measurement unit and a ...
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(2018-03-07)There may arise two kinds of challenges in the problem of mobile robot localization; (i) a robot may have an a priori map of its environment, in which case the localization problem boils down to estimating the robot pose ...
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(2022-07-22)Linear estimators, like the extended Kalman filter (EKF), find continual use (especially in the field of navigation) mostly for their familiarity and computational efficiency. Often, these estimations must be safeguarded ...
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(2015-09-27)In this study, a particle filter used for signal processing will be designed to reduce the positional uncertainty in indoor environments where current Global Positioning Systems (GPS) are often unable to function. This ...
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(2015-07-16)As a fundamental capability for mobile robots, navigation involves multiple tasks including localization, mapping, motion planning, and obstacle avoidance. In unknown environments, a robot has to construct a map of the ...