In collaboration with its partner Nanotron Technologies, the swarmLOC project is developing a novel infrastructure-free or low-infrastructure localization system that enables the cooperative positioning of people or objects using radio time-of-flight measurements. The system is designed to be based on a mobile ad hoc network and thus operate entirely without the need to install any infrastructure. This approach makes it possible for such a system to be operational in a very short time.
Each radio node in the network should be able to be optionally expanded with additional sensors. For example, GPS or proximity-based sensors, such as RFID, provide absolute position information that can supplement the relative positions determined by the cooperative localization system. Inertial sensors can also contribute to improving localization accuracy. Cooperative localization algorithms based on probabilistic filters are to be used to fuse the various types of sensor information. In particular, swarm-based algorithms are to be analyzed with regard to their performance and applicability in the planned system.
Funding
Funding Code
KF2795208ED3