Practical WiFi Localization for Autonomous Industrial Vehicles
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چکیده
Localization for industrial vehicles is a key issue in the development and use of autonomous systems on industrial worksites. The WiFi technology being widely used in such environments can be used as a base for an easy to set up system requiring little hardware. In this paper we propose a system estimating the location of industrial vehicles, based only on WiFi signals, that can operate both in and out of buildings and sheds, and that can deal with the kidnapped robot problem. It is based on the use of a signal strength intensity map and a particle filter, and has been demonstrated in a typical industrial worksite.
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