Sensor Review: Volume 28 Issue 2
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The international journal of sensing for industryTable of contents - Special Issue: Localisation systems
Guest Editors: Professor John Billingsley
Developments in localisation sensor systems
Christine ConnollyThe purpose of this paper is to report the development trends and emerging applications of non‐GPS localisation sensors.
Simultaneous sensing of location and mapping for autonomous robots
Richard BlossTo describe an innovative new technology, simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), for creating maps and localization for autonomous robot operations.
Warehouse management technologies
Christine ConnollyAims to discover the different technologies used in warehouse stock control.
GRAIL: a general purpose localization system
Yingying Chen, Gayathri Chandrasekaran, Eiman Elnahrawy, John‐Austen Francisco, Konstantinos Kleisouris, Xiaoyan Li, Richard P. Martin, Robert S. Moore, Begumhan TurgutThe purpose of this paper is to describe a general purpose localization system, GRAIL. GRAIL provides real‐time, adaptable, indoor localization for wireless devices.
A localisation system for an indoor rotary‐wing MAV using blade mounted LEDs
Lin Chi Mak, Mark Whitty, Tomonari FurukawaThe purpose of this paper is to present a localisation system for an indoor rotary‐wing micro aerial vehicle (MAV) that uses three onboard LEDs and base station mounted active…
Magnetic vehicle guidance
Pedro Santos, Stéphane Holé, Céline Filloy, Danièle FournierThe purpose of this paper is to describe a system that provides the driver or the driving assistance system with the lateral position information of the vehicle on the lane in…
A review of optical fibre radiation dosimeters
S. O'Keeffe, C. Fitzpatrick, E. Lewis, A.I. Al‐Shamma'aThe purpose of this paper is to provide a detailed review of radiation dosimetry techniques based on optical fibre dosimeters. It presents a comprehensive bibliography of the…
Crystalline object evaluation by image processing
Kuniaki Kawabata, Mutsunori Takahashi, Kanako Saitoh, Mitsuaki Sugahara, Hajime Asama, Taketoshi Mishima, Masashi MiyanoThe purpose of this paper is to propose a state discrimination for crystallization samples (droplets), the purpose of which is to discriminate between diffractable extracts…
The design and application of rotary encoders
Alex Ellin, Gregor DolsakThe purpose of this paper is to highlight the increasing use of rotary or angle encoders and examine two distinct types of non‐contact encoders that employ novel technologies to…
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- Professor Kean C. Aw