Zhao, Yong, 1980-

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-66). / In this thesis, we derive an exact deterministic nonlinear observer to compute the continuous-time states of inertial navigation system based on partial discrete measurements, the so-called strapdown problem. Nonlinear contraction theory is used as the main analysis tool. The hierarchical structure of the system physics is sytematically exploited and th...

Boehmer, Rudy Avi, 1974-

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-128). / by Rudy Avi Boehmer. / S.M.

Mu, Beipeng

Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2016. / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-139). / Breakthroughs in sensing technology in the past decade have greatly improved the capability of robots to sense complicated, partially-known environments. For example, RGB-D cameras and Velodyne scanners allow for the collection of massive amounts of sensor data in real time. These new technologies...

Koyrakh, Inna

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2011. / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 80-83). / Social navigation is receiving information and insight from interacting with people or observing the results of their actions. This thesis explores methods for adding social navigation to si...

Richter, Charles Andrew

Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2017. / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-175). / In this thesis, we explore the problem of high-speed autonomous navigation for a dynamic mobile robot in unknown environments. Our objective is to navigate from start to goal in minimum time, given no prior knowledge of the map, nor any explicit knowledge of the environment distribution. Faced wit...

LaPointe, Cara Elizabeth Grupe

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Joint Program in Applied Ocean Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-284). / This research presents a parallel hypothesis method for autonomous underwater vehicle navigation that enables a vehicle to expand the operating envelope of existing long baseline acoustic navigation systems by incorporating information that is not ...

Gingiss, Anthony John

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 136-137). / by Anthony John Gingiss. / M.S.

Diel, David D., 1979-

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-110). / This thesis describes a new method to improve inertial navigation using feature-based constraints from one or more video cameras. The proposed method lengthens the period of time during which a human or vehicle can navigate in GPS-deprived environments. Our approach integrates well with existing navigation systems, because we invoke general sensor mod...

Reed, Brooks Louis-Kiguchi

Thesis (S.M.)--Joint Program in Applied Ocean Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 2011. / This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. / Cataloged from student submitted PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-148). / This thesis discusses sensor management met...

Broll, Anthony W

Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2016. / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-275). / Handheld smart phone devices incorporate communication and mapping tools into small military squads to increase their effectiveness. These devices link a squad with headquarters, satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles to provide them with up to date intelligence. This information is filtered by ada...

Everett, Michael F

Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2017. / This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. / Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-116). / Autonomous (self-driving) vehicles are increasingly being tested on highways and city streets. But there is also a need for robots that can...

Kleinberg, Jon M

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-88). / by Jon Michael Kleinberg. / M.S.

Corley, Charles Joseph

Thesis. 1975. M.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. / Includes bibliographical references. / M.S.

Stanway, Michael Jordan

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Joint Program in Applied Ocean Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 2012. / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-187). / This dissertation presents three separate-but related-contributions to the art of underwater navigation. These methods may be used in postprocessing with a human in the loop, but the overarching goal is to en...

Koch, Olivier (Olivier A.)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2010. / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-97) and index. / The ability to navigate through the world is an essential capability to humans. In a variety of situations, people do not have the time, the opportunity or the capability to learn the layout of the environment before visiting an area. Examples include soldiers in the field entering...

Korka, David A. (David Andrew), 1976-

Thesis (S.B. and M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 65). / This thesis develops a Kalman filter which integrates the inertial navigation system of the Vorticity Control Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (VCUUV) with redundant navigation sensor measurements. The model for the Kalman filter uses redundant measurements in a feedback loop to better estimate navigation variables. Using outputs f...

Bennett, Andrew A. (Andrew Arnold), 1963-

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 184-196). / by Andrew Arnold Bennett. / Ph.D.

Sim, Diana

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2013. / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-79). / Learning how to navigate a real space using haptic virtual environments can be challenging. One major issue is the inefficient rate of exploration due to the single point interface of haptic devices. The use of haptic fields such as repulsive and attractive force fields was studied to determine their ability to en...

Neveitt, William T. (William Tyler)

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 131-136). / by William T. Neveitt. / Ph.D.

Lim, Sejoon

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-104). / We developed a traffic prediction and navigation system that deals with uncertainty of road traffic conditions by stochastic modeling of road networks. Our system consists of a data collecting system, a data management system, and a path planning system. First, the data collecting system gathers real-time travel time data using a ...

Yan, Chengyuan

Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2015. / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-73). / Public service robots have been more and more popular due to their social and economical influences. This thesis investigated two issues about control and navigation of public service robots deployed in crowded environments such as airports and shopping malls. Our solutions facilitates the synergy of a dist...

Woffinden, David C., 1976-

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2004. / In title on t.p., "[Delta]" appears as the upper-case Greek letter. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-215). / Since the late 1950's when the first man-made satellite was launched into space, there has been a keen interest to inspect these orbiting spacecraft. In the past, there have been employed a variety of inspection methods which primarily consisted of different ground observation...

Gerstle, Jeremy S. (Jeremy Scott), 1977-

Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-76). / by Jeremy S. Gerstle. / M.Eng.

Ricardo Cezar Bonfim Rodrigues

Unmanned aerial vehicles, known as UAVs, have evolved over the past two decades to sophisticated aircraft robots able to carry out surveillance, recognition, remote sensing and even attack missions. But there are not many alternatives of autonomous navigation systems for most of these aircraft which still require human intervention to navigate. Devices such as Global Positioning System (GPS) and inertial systems help calculate routes and locate the vehicle on a map among other possibilities, but...

Mackin, Casey David

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Cottrell, Ronald Gelnn, 1942-

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Badger, Stanley

Master of Science / Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering / William B. Kuhn / With the increasing number of satellites and space debris in all orbits the need for individual satellites to be able to autonomously detect and determine methods to navigate around them is increasing. Even with continued input and control from a ground station, the ability for a satellite to act to save itself from obstacles not visible from ground stations, or if communications were temporarily lo...

Koutia, Adele Janette

As animals age, there are functional alterations in synaptic connectivity and plasticity within the hippocampus and the entorhinal cortex. These changes are associated with age-related spatial memory deficits. Importantly, there is evidence that at least in some experimental situations aged rats may rely on self-motion information more than external visual cues for navigation. In order to better understand differences in the degree to which old and young animals are able to utilize external cues...

Bingxin, Yi, Qishan, Zhang, Shengxi, Ding

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 20-23, 2003 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada / The intelligent vehicle navigation system is a multifunctional and complex integrated system that uses autonomous vehicle navigation, geography information, database system, computer technology, multimedia technology and wireless communication. In this paper, an autonomous navigation system based on embedded hardware and embedded operation system that is Linux is pro...

Peng, Song, Xiao-yu, Chen, Jian-zhong, Qi

ITC/USA 2011 Conference Proceedings / The Forty-Seventh Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition / October 24-27, 2011 / Bally's Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada / Compass-I system is China has built satellite navigation system. It's a kind of regional position system according to the double-star position principle. Commonly, Compass-I system need adopt active position, in the paper several passive position methods are put forward. A combination navigation mode based on ...

Moore, Christopher, Crocker, Dylan, Coffman, Garret, Nguyen, Bryce

ITC/USA 2011 Conference Proceedings / The Forty-Seventh Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition / October 24-27, 2011 / Bally's Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada / This paper describes a short distance telemetry network which measures and relays time, space, and position information among a group of ground vehicles. The goal is to allow a lead vehicle to be under human control, or perhaps controlled using advanced autonomous path planning and navigation tools. The teleme...

Ferrer Mínguez, Gonzalo

Deploying mobile robots in social environments requires novel navigation algorithms which are capable of providing valid solutions in such challenging scenarios. The main objective of the present dissertation is to develop new robot navigation approaches able to solve in an intelligent way the navigation problem in urban settings while considering at the same time the interactions with pedestrians, similar to what people easily do with little attention. Before studying in depth navigation algori...

Svensson, John

This thesis project considers the potential use of inertial navigation on a consumer grade tablet mounted in a vehicle in an underground mine. The goal is to identify which sensors and techniques are useful and to design a navigation algorithm based on those results. The navigation algorithm is intended to work alongside the current received signal strength indication (RSSI) positioning system. Testing of the gyroscope, accelerometer and magnetometer sensors suggest that, while dead reckoning is...

McConnell, Michael, Chionuma, Daniel, Wright, Jordan, Brandt, Jordan, Zhe, Liu

ITC/USA 2013 Conference Proceedings / The Forty-Ninth Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition / October 21-24, 2013 / Bally's Hotel & Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV / This paper describes the design and implementation of an autonomous robot to navigate indoors to a specified target using an inexpensive commercial off the shelf USB camera and processor running an imbedded Linux system. The robot identifies waypoints to aid in navigation, which in our case consists ...

Panilet Panipichai, Jinnu

The main objective of this thesis is to evaluate accuracy and precision of the machine vision system used to calibrate a prepared environment foroptical navigation. Rotationally independent optimized colour reference labels (symbols) creates an environment. Any number of symbols can be used. A symbol carries 8–bit (0 to 255) information, which can be designed for different values by using Matlab algorithms. An optical navigation system enters into the environment and captures thesymbols. The sym...

Friedman, Andrew D

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Schneider, Rosália Galiazzi

Este trabalho introduz uma interface para estender vídeos educacionais com panoramas e navegação não-linear baseada em conteúdo. Em vídeos de e-learning convencionais, cada quadro está restrito ao subconjunto da cena capturado naquele momento. Isso torna difícil para o usuário revisitar conteúdos mostrados anteriormente, que podem ser essenciais para o entendimento dos conceitos seguintes. Localizar conteúdos anteriores nesses vídeos requer uma navegação linear no tempo, o que pode ser ineficien...

Dion, Arnaud

The orbit of a satellite around the earth is constantly disturbed by various factors, such as variations in the gravitational field and the solar wind pressure. The drift of the satellite position can compromise the mission, and even lead to a crash or a fall in the atmosphere. The station-keeping operations therefore consist in performing an accurate measurement of the satellite trajectory and then in using its thrusters to correct the drift. The conventional solution is to measure the position...

Michaud, Sébastien

La navigation sécuritaire et efficace des robots mobiles repose grandement sur l’utilisation des capteurs embarqués. L’un des capteurs qui est de plus en plus utilisé pour cette tâche est le Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR). Bien que les recherches récentes montrent une amélioration des performances de navigation basée sur les LiDARs, faire face à des environnements non structurés complexes ou des conditions météorologiques difficiles reste problématique. Dans ce mémoire, nous présentons une ...

Berg, Brian

<p> Navigating a vehicle autonomously and safely in unknown surroundings to a desired destination is challenging due to lack of initial information about stationary and moving objects along the path. This thesis proposes a navigation system that avoids static and dynamic obstacles using weighted real-time sensor feedback. The effectiveness of the system is demonstrated by implementing it on a robot. A 16-beam solid-state LiDAR sensor is used to detect obstacles to control a differential drive mo...

Shengxi, Ding, Bo, Zhang, Jingchang, Tan, Dayi, Zeng

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 21, 2002 / Town & Country Hotel and Conference Center, San Diego, California / The intelligent vehicle navigation system is the multifunctional and complex integrate system that involved in auto positioning technology, geography information system and digital map database, computer technology, multimedia and wireless communication technology. In this paper, the autonomous navigation system based on the embedded hardware and embedded sof...

Hull, J. W., Jr.

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 25-28, 1999 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada / This paper provides a current review of a new installed system test facility (ISTF) capability for the Air Force and Navy. The requirements, design characteristics, and status of the joint-service Communications, Navigation, Identification Simulator (CNIS) developments will be covered along with their relationships with the Air Force’s Avionics Test and Integration C...

Song, Yajun, Zhang, Qishan

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 28-31, 1996 / Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center, San Diego, California / The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a very accurate, all-weather, world wide three dimensional navigation system and it has been used in almost every field related to positioning and navigation. This paper presents a new application of GPS technology - personal positioning and navigation system. It combines VP ONCORE receiver OEM (Original Equipment ...

Zhi, Dang Ke

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 30-November 02, 1995 / Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada / With the development of microcomputer technology, the application of strap-down inertial navigation on aircraft is used more frequently. The attitude measurement for miniature spacecraft is most important. Installing three-axis acceleration sensors and three-axis rate gyros on the spacecraft, the accelerations and attitudes can be obtained through the PCM/FM telemetry system. The...

Malik Khan, Aamer

Introducción: Está demostrado que incluso los cirujanos de cadera con una elevada experiencia, mal-posicionan los implantes durante la artroplastia total de cadera, pudiendo colocar los implantes fuera de la zona segura en casi un 50% de los casos. Las consecuencias de la mal-posición de implantes serían el impingement, la luxación, el aflojamiento aséptico, el desgaste, la osteolisis y dolor, pudiendo producir unas consecuencias dramáticas en la calidad de vida y funcionalidad de los pacientes....

Skoglund, Martin

Navigation and mapping in unknown environments is an important building block for increased autonomy of unmanned vehicles, since external positioning systems can be susceptible to interference or simply being inaccessible. Navigation and mapping require signal processing of vehicle sensor data to estimate motion relative to the surrounding environment and to simultaneously estimate various properties of the surrounding environment. Physical models of sensors, vehicle motion and external influenc...

Malmström, Johan

This report can be divided into two parts, the Integration of Inertial Navigation System (INS) and GPS and Adaptive beamforming for a GPS antenna array. GPS and INS have complemen-tary properties. Therefore integration results in enhanced performance and robustness compared to each of the two systems alone. In the first part a tightly coupled navigation filter, based on code pseudorange measurements and an IMU with Litton LN 200 performance has been derived. The filter is used in a com-parison o...

van Gerven, Dustin

Stress is known to impair spatial navigation in rat models of declarative memory, and declarative memory in humans, but the effects on spatial navigation in humans are unclear. At least four models have been proposed to account for the cognitive effects of stress, based on the two different physiological stress response systems (the sympathetic-adrenal-medullary (SAM) and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) systems) and the effects of these responses on the hippocampus and (sometimes) other...

Cheepirichetty, Sandeep

<p>The project is in the area of autonomous navigation robots, with a focus on assisting the blind and physically disabled. The project addresses two main issues concerning the autonomous navigation. First, avoiding obstacles in robot?s path towards destination, solved by placing three ultrasonic sensors on the front, right, and left sides of the robot. They are effective in detecting obstacles in the range of 0.02 meters to 4 meters. Second, giving a path for the navigation, the robot travels t...

Wang, Xuerui, Zhao, Li

This project is mainly based on mosaicing of images and similarity measurements with different methods. The map of a floor is created from a database of small-images that have been captured by a camera-mounted robot scanning the wooden floor of a living room. We call this ground mapping. After the ground mapping, the robot can achieve self-positioning on the map by using novel small images it captures as it displaces on the ground. Similarity measurements based on the Schwartz inequality have be...