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Localization of emergency acoustic sources by micro aerial vehicles

Basiri, Meysam  
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Schill, Felix  
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Lima, Pedro
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2017
Journal of Field Robotics

For micro aerial vehicles (MAVs) involved in search and rescue missions, the ability to locate the source of a distress sound signal is significantly important and allows fast localization of victims and rescuers during nighttime, through foliage and in dust, fog, and smoke. Most emergency sound sources, such as safety whistles and personal alarms, generate a narrowband signal that is difficult to localize by human listeners or with the common localization methods suitable for broadband sounds. In this paper, we present three methods for MAV-based emergency sound localization system. The first method involves designing a new emergency source for immediate localization by the MAV using a common localization method. The other two novel methods allow localizing the currently available emergency sources, or other narrowband sounds in general, that are difficult to localize due to the periodicity in the sequence of sound samples. The second method exploits the Doppler shift in the sound frequency, caused due to the motion of the MAV and the dynamics of the MAV to assist with the localization. The third method involves active control of the robot's attitude and fusing acoustic and attitude measurements for achieving accurate and robust estimates. We evaluate our methods in real-world experiments with real flying robots.

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DOI
10.1002/rob.21733
Author(s)
Basiri, Meysam  
Schill, Felix  
Lima, Pedro
Floreano, Dario  
Date Issued

2017

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published in
Journal of Field Robotics
Volume

35

Issue

2

Start page

187

End page

201

Subjects

Aerial robotics

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swarm robotics

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acoustic

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NCCR-ROBOTICS  
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July 12, 2017
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