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CHEN, XI (author)In autonomous driving, environmental perception, crucial for navigation and decision-making, depends on integrating data from multiple sensors like cameras and LiDAR. Camera-LiDAR fusion combines detailed imagery with precise depth, improving environmental awareness. Effective data fusion requires accurate extrinsic calibration to align camera...master thesis 2024
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Ban, Hanyuan (author)Gaussian process regression (GPR), a potent non-parametric data modeling tool, has gained attention but is hindered by its high com- putational load. State-of-the-art low-rank approximations like struc- tured kernel interpolation (SKI)-based methods offer efficiency, yet lack a strategy for determining the number of grid points, a pivotal factor...master thesis 2023
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Wang, Haobo (author)The evolution of aerial vehicle technology necessitates robust trajectory prediction models. These models are crucial for maintaining safe airspace and enabling autonomous operations. Automatic dependent surveillance–broadcast (ADS-B) is a surveillance system that enables aircraft to receive data from navigation satellites and periodically...master thesis 2023
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Jia, Lan (author)In an era marked by the demand for unprecedented levels of precision in engineering applications, the profound impact of friction forces on motion control systems cannot be underestimated. This thesis extensively investigates the frictional behavior of the Proton Motion Stage, an advanced high-precision motion control system developed by...master thesis 2023
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MARATHE, VISHAKHA KIRAN (author)This thesis project has been done with Crownstone, a subsidiary company of Almende. One of their project goals was to develop indoor localization algorithms to determine room-level location of an asset within the Crownstone network for smart-building, home automation and healthcare applications. An asset is a wireless device transmitting...master thesis 2023
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ZHANG, XUCHANG (author)The Constant Tone Extension (CTE) function introduced since Bluetooth Low Energy 5.1 greatly improves indoor Bluetooth Low Energy localization. These small, low-energy beacons transmit signals that Bluetooth-enabled devices can use to calculate proximity and positioning. This technology enables continuous navigation, location-based services,...master thesis 2023
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Shetty, Siddhy Ganesh (author)With the advancement in technology, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been able to safely maneuver in risky environments. During landing, the UAV should be able to slow down while not affecting its physical design. Currently, multiple sensors are being used to increase the accuracy while landing which might weigh down some of the smaller UAVs...master thesis 2022
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YANG, Xuzhou (author)As unmanned aerial systems (UAS) turn into a full-fledged industry, the sky will be much more crowded in the future. Large-scale UAV applications make reliable UAV navigation a pressing need. Traditionally, global navigation satellite system (GNSS) is extensively used as the primary positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) service. However,...master thesis 2022
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Li, Zhonggang (author)Distributed formation control has received increasing attention in multiagent systems. Maintaining certain geometry in space is advantageous in many applications such as space interferometry and underwater sensing. At present, there is a variety of distributed solutions for agents to converge to desired formations and track a series of...master thesis 2022
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Zhai, Peiyuan (author)This work is focused on the distributed system, i.e. Multi-agent Systems (MAS), with application in environmental monitoring and learning. The specific task is to develop algorithms, i.e. Gaussian Process (GP), that are robust, accurate and fully-distributed to learn the unknown spatial environmental field. The two main problems are (1). how to...master thesis 2022
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Mosab Ahmed Elsadig Diab, Mosab (author)Autonomous agents are the future of many services and industries such as delivery systems, surveillance and monitoring, and search and rescue missions. An important aspect in an autonomous agent is the navigation system it uses to traverse the environment. Not much emphasis has been paid in the past on autonomous agent navigation in cluttered...master thesis 2022
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Tang, Rui (author)The recent advances in wireless communication, micro-fabrication, and integration have led to the rise of multi-agent networks such as wireless sensor networks, drone swarms, and satellite arrays. These multi-agent networks comprise multiple agents, which cooperate to solve a problem collectively, beyond the individual knowledge of a single...master thesis 2022
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Makinwa, Soji (author), van der Laan, David (author)In this report the analysis of underwater communication using electric quasi-static fields is undertaken, in which key aspects that influence the performance the communication between a transmitting and receiving electrode is examined. A mathematical model was proposed for the transmission and reception of the quasistatic field and the expected...bachelor thesis 2022
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Turner, Calum (author)Satellite swarms are an emerging mission architecture which offer a flexible, robust alternative to traditional space missions. Drawing inspiration from naturally occurring swarms such as honey bees or ant colonies, satellite swarms consist of individual satellite agents working cooperatively towards a common goal. Distributed multi-agent space...master thesis 2021
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ZHANG, Bichi (author)In recent decades, the field of autonomous driving has witnessed rapid development, benefiting from the development of artificial intelligence-related technologies such as machine learning. Autonomous perception in driving is a key challenge, in which multi-sensor fusion is a common feature. Due to the high resolution and rich information, the...master thesis 2021
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Abel, Felix (author)In this thesis, we propose a new class of pairwise frequency, multi-domain time synchronization and ranging algorithms for anchorless mobile networks of asynchronous nodes. We apply these techniques and study network and mission level aspects of time synchronization to Orbiting Low Frequency Array for Radio astronomy (OLFAR), a proposed...master thesis 2021
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Salzmann, Elke (author)Autonomous robots are increasingly used in more and more applications, such as warehouse robots, search-and-rescue robots and autonomous vacuum cleaners. These applications are often in environments where the GPS signals are denied or inaccurate, which makes it difficult to localize the robot in an unknown environment. To overcome this problem...master thesis 2021
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van der Marel, Martijn (author)Formation control problems consider a set of mobile agents with the underlying goal of attaining and maintaining a state where the relative positions of agents are stable in accordance with the desired configuration.<br/>Navigation for formation control is typically achieved through localization in a global reference frame, e.g., via GNSS....master thesis 2021
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Zeng, Yikai (author)Truck platooning refers to coordinating a group of heavy-duty vehicles at a close inter-vehicle distance to reduce overall fuel consumption. This coordination between trucks is traditionally achieved by adjusting the schedule, velocity, and routines to increase the platooning chances, and thus improve the overall fuel efficiency. However, the...master thesis 2020