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20242026
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10 papers

cs.RO2026

Dual Quaternion-Based Unscented Kalman Filter with Visual Inertial Odometry for Navigation in GPS-Denied Environments

Mohamed Khalifa, Hashim A. Hashim

Reliable navigation in GPS-denied environments remains a fundamental challenge in robotics, aerospace, and autonomous vehicle applications. This paper presents a Dual Quaternion-Ba…

eess.SY2026

Quaternion-based Unscented Kalman Filter for Robust Wrench Estimation of Human-UAV Physical Interaction

Hussein Naser, Hashim A. Hashim, Mojtaba Ahmadi

This paper introduces an advanced Quaternion-based Unscented Kalman Filter (QUKF) for real-time, robust estimation of system states and external wrenches in assistive aerial payloa…

eess.SY2026

Adaptive Gain Nonlinear Observer for External Wrench Estimation in Human-UAV Physical Interaction

Hussein N. Naser, Hashim A. Hashim, Mojtaba Ahmadi

This paper presents an Adaptive Gain Nonlinear Observer (AGNO) for estimating the external interaction wrench (forces and torques) in human-UAV physical interaction for assistive p…

cs.RO2025

Unscented Particle Filter for Visual-inertial Navigation using IMU and Landmark Measurements

Khashayar Ghanizadegan, Hashim A. Hashim

This paper introduces a geometric Quaternion-based Unscented Particle Filter for Visual-Inertial Navigation (QUPF-VIN) specifically designed for a vehicle operating with six degree…

eess.SY2025

Human Physical Interaction based on UAV Cooperative Payload Transportation System using Adaptive Backstepping and FNTSMC

Hussein N. Naser, Hashim A. Hashim, Mojtaba Ahmadi

This paper presents a nonlinear control strategy for an aerial cooperative payload transportation system consisting of two quadrotor UAVs rigidly connected to a payload. The system…

cs.RO2025

DeepUKF-VIN: Adaptively-tuned Deep Unscented Kalman Filter for 3D Visual-Inertial Navigation based on IMU-Vision-Net

Khashayar Ghanizadegan, Hashim A. Hashim

This paper addresses the challenge of estimating the orientation, position, and velocity of a vehicle operating in three-dimensional (3D) space with six degrees of freedom (6-DoF).…