5 papers
Fly, Track, Land: Infrastructure-less Magnetic Localization for Heterogeneous UAV-UGV Teaming
Valerio Brunacci, Davide Plozza, Alessio De Angelis +2
Persistent air ground robot teams require nano UAVs that can leave a mobile UGV, perform short scouting or inspection tasks, and reliably return to a compact landing interface. Thi…
Robust Reinforcement Learning-Based Locomotion for Resource-Constrained Quadrupeds with Exteroceptive Sensing
Davide Plozza, Patricia Apostol, Paul Joseph +2
Compact quadrupedal robots are proving increasingly suitable for deployment in real-world scenarios. Their smaller size fosters easy integration into human environments. Neverthele…
Eco-WakeLoc: An Energy-Neutral and Cooperative UWB Real-Time Locating System
Silvano Cortesi, Lukas Schulthess, Davide Plozza +2
Indoor localization systems face a fundamental trade-off between efficiency and responsiveness, which is especially important for emerging use cases such as mobile robots operating…
Noise Analysis and Modeling of the PMD Flexx2 Depth Camera for Robotic Applications
Yuke Cai, Davide Plozza, Steven Marty +2
Time of Flight ToF cameras renowned for their ability to capture realtime 3D information have become indispensable for agile mobile robotics These cameras utilize light signals to…
Autonomous Navigation in Dynamic Human Environments with an Embedded 2D LiDAR-based Person Tracker
Davide Plozza, Steven Marty, Cyril Scherrer +3
In the rapidly evolving landscape of autonomous mobile robots, the emphasis on seamless human-robot interactions has shifted towards autonomous decision-making. This paper delves i…