One of the problems future engineers spend a lot of class time solving is the issue of odometry for robots. It’s actually kind of hard to tell how far a robot has traveled after applying power to its ...

Visual odometry (VO) refers to the incremental estimation of a camera’s motion by analysing sequential image frames. By tracking visual features or directly minimising photometric error, VO systems ...

It sounds like science fiction, but also strangely familiar: drones buzzing around, inspecting tomatoes in greenhouses, delivering your package or inspecting an industrial site. With all the talk ...

Mobile robot localization and odometry calibration constitute the backbone of autonomous navigation in ground-based robotic systems. Localization denotes the process by which a robot determines its ...

Indoor navigation for drones is complex to implement. However, we can learn from bees how to do it with less effort.

Honeybees may hold the secret to the future of drone technology. Researchers in Europe have developed a new navigation system inspired by the way honeybees find their way home, allowing tiny drones to ...