Aiming at the problem that position errors accumulate rapidly in foot-mounted pedestrian navigation systems using a low-cost inertial sensor, novel three-dimensional (3D) positioning method is proposed. First, when foot still, an improved zero velocity detection assigns different weights to each measurement unit (IMU) data sliding window designed reduce errors. When swing, lateral restriction p...

Autonomous robots are used as the tool to solve many kinds of problems, such as environmental mapping and monitoring. Either for adverse conditions related to human presence or even for the need to reduce costs, it is certain that many efforts have been made to develop robots with increasingly high level of autonomy. They must be capable of locomotion through dynamic environments, without human...

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology is now commonplace in many defence and civilian environments. However, the high cost of owning and operating a sophisticated UAV has slowed their adoption in many commercial markets. Universities and research groups are actively experimenting with UAVs to further develop the technology, particularly for automated flying operations. The two main UAV platf...