Towards Autonomous Uwb-Based Uav Indoor Navigation
This paper presents a system for autonomous indoor navigation of the DJI Mini 3 drone by combining an Android-based control application with ultra-wideband (UWB) technology for precise localization. The development process involved two main phases: (1) enabling drone control and sensor access throug...
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| author | Krupáš Maroš Pačuta Kristián Zolotová Iveta |
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| description | This paper presents a system for autonomous indoor navigation of the DJI Mini 3 drone by combining an Android-based control application with ultra-wideband (UWB) technology for precise localization. The development process involved two main phases: (1) enabling drone control and sensor access through the DJI Mobile SDK and (2) integrating UWB-based positioning data for reliable indoor navigation. Three autonomous navigation methods were designed and evaluated, each leveraging UWB data to a different extent. The results demonstrate that incorporating UWB significantly improves positioning accuracy for our solution compared to relying solely on the drone’s built-in sensors. Overall, this work highlights the potential of UWB technology to enhance drone operations in environments where GPS is unavailable, paving the way for advanced applications in indoor logistics, monitoring, and other industrial or service-oriented scenarios. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1ef4ab9c05d64642b8b92d8f8fe95a532025-08-20T03:45:48ZengSciendoActa Electrotechnica et Informatica1338-39572025-06-01252101410.2478/aei-2025-0006Towards Autonomous Uwb-Based Uav Indoor NavigationKrupáš Maroš0Pačuta Kristián1Zolotová Iveta21Department of Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Technical University of Košice, Letná 9, 042 00Košice, Slovak Republic, Tel. +421 55 602 25691Department of Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Technical University of Košice, Letná 9, 042 00Košice, Slovak Republic, Tel. +421 55 602 25691Department of Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Technical University of Košice, Letná 9, 042 00Košice, Slovak Republic, Tel. +421 55 602 2569This paper presents a system for autonomous indoor navigation of the DJI Mini 3 drone by combining an Android-based control application with ultra-wideband (UWB) technology for precise localization. The development process involved two main phases: (1) enabling drone control and sensor access through the DJI Mobile SDK and (2) integrating UWB-based positioning data for reliable indoor navigation. Three autonomous navigation methods were designed and evaluated, each leveraging UWB data to a different extent. The results demonstrate that incorporating UWB significantly improves positioning accuracy for our solution compared to relying solely on the drone’s built-in sensors. Overall, this work highlights the potential of UWB technology to enhance drone operations in environments where GPS is unavailable, paving the way for advanced applications in indoor logistics, monitoring, and other industrial or service-oriented scenarios.https://doi.org/10.2478/aei-2025-0006uwbuavdroneindoor navigationandroid |
| spellingShingle | Krupáš Maroš Pačuta Kristián Zolotová Iveta Towards Autonomous Uwb-Based Uav Indoor Navigation Acta Electrotechnica et Informatica uwb uav drone indoor navigation android |
| title | Towards Autonomous Uwb-Based Uav Indoor Navigation |
| title_full | Towards Autonomous Uwb-Based Uav Indoor Navigation |
| title_fullStr | Towards Autonomous Uwb-Based Uav Indoor Navigation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards Autonomous Uwb-Based Uav Indoor Navigation |
| title_short | Towards Autonomous Uwb-Based Uav Indoor Navigation |
| title_sort | towards autonomous uwb based uav indoor navigation |
| topic | uwb uav drone indoor navigation android |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/aei-2025-0006 |
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