Title
Accurate 3D Localization for MAV Swarms by UWB and IMU Fusion
Abstract
Driven by applications like Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs), driver-less cars, etc, localization solution has become an active research topic in the past decade. In recent years, Ultra Wideband (UWB) emerged as a promising technology because of its impressive performance in both indoor and outdoor positioning. But algorithms relying only on UWB sensor usually result in high latency and low bandwidth, which is undesirable in some situations such as controlling a MAV. To alleviate this problem, an Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) based algorithm is proposed to fuse the Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and UWB, which achieved 80Hz 3D localization with the significantly improved accuracy and almost no delay. To verify the effectiveness and reliability of the proposed approach, a swarm of 6 MAVs is set up to perform a light show in an indoor exhibition hall.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1109/ICCA.2018.8444329
2018 IEEE 14th International Conference on Control and Automation (ICCA)
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Ultra Wideband,indoor positioning,outdoor positioning,UWB sensor,low bandwidth,Extended Kalman Filter based algorithm,Inertial Measurement Unit,MAV swarms,IMU fusion,3D localization,Micro Aerial Vehicles
Journal
abs/1807.10913
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
1948-3449
978-1-5386-6090-4
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.38
10
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jiaxin Li1184.44
Yingcai Bi252.49
Kun Li351.93
Kangli Wang4113.15
Feng Lin511817.27
Ben M. Chen6994131.58