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Nicola Macoir¹, Jan Bauwens², Bart Jooris³

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Summary

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This study introduces a low-cost, battery-powered Ultra-Wideband (UWB) localization system for autonomous indoor drones in warehouses. The system reduces costs and improves safety for inventory management.

Keywords:

Ultra-Wideband (UWB)drone inventory easy installation infrastructure-light low-energy

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Area of Science:

Robotics and Automation
Indoor Localization Technologies

Background:

Manual inventory methods in vertical warehouses are costly and error-prone.
Autonomous drones offer a solution but require accurate, low-cost localization.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop an easily installable, low-cost Ultra-Wideband (UWB) localization system for autonomous drones in large warehouses.
To address the limitations of current manual inventory-taking methods.

Main Methods:

Designed a UWB system with battery-powered anchor nodes requiring no wired backbone.
Utilized Ultra-Wideband technology for precise indoor positioning.

Main Results:

The UWB system offers a theoretical update rate of up to 2892 Hz.
Anchor nodes exhibit low current consumption (27 mA).
Experimental validation confirmed system efficacy; open-source software is available.

Conclusions:

The developed UWB localization system is a viable, cost-effective solution for autonomous drone navigation in warehouses.
This technology enhances inventory management efficiency and safety.