D. Hähnel, W. Burgard, D. Fox, K. Fishkin, and M. Philipose
Mapping and Localization with RFID Technology
In Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and
Automation (ICRA), 2004.
Abstract
In this paper we analyze whether recent Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID) technology can be used to improve the
localization of mobile robots and persons in their environment. In
particular we study the problem of localizing RFID tags with a
mobile platform that is equipped with a pair of RFID antennas. We
present a probabilistic measurement model for RFID readers that
allow us to accurately localize RFID tags in the environment. We
also demonstrate how such maps can be used to localize a robot and
persons in their environment. Finally, we present experiments
illustrating that the computational requirements for global
localization can be seriously reduced by fusing RFID information
with laser data.
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Bibtex
@InProceedings{Haehnel04RFID,
author = {H{\"a}hnel, D. and Burgard, W. and
Fox, D. and Fishkin, K. and Philipose, M.},
title = {Mapping and Localization with {RFID} Technology},
booktitle = {Proc.~of the IEEE International Conference
on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
year = {2004},
}