Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jan 30, 2026

Electroantennography-based Bio-hybrid Odor-detecting Drone using Silkmoth Antennae for Odor Source Localization
Published on: August 27, 2021
UWB Localization with Battery-Powered Wireless Backbone for Drone-Based Inventory Management
Nicola Macoir1, Jan Bauwens2, Bart Jooris3
1IMEC, IDLab, Department of Information Technology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. nicola.macoir@ugent.be.
Abstract:
Current inventory-taking methods (counting stocks and checking correct placements) in large vertical warehouses are mostly manual, resulting in (i) large personnel costs, (ii) human errors and (iii) incidents due to working at large heights. To remedy this, the use of autonomous indoor drones has been proposed. However, these drones require accurate localization solutions that are easy to (temporarily) install at low costs in large warehouses. To this end, we designed a Ultra-Wideband (UWB) solution that uses infrastructure anchor nodes that do not require any wired backbone and can be battery powered. The resulting system has a theoretical update rate of up to 2892 Hz (assuming no hardware dependent delays). Moreover, the anchor nodes have an average current consumption of only 27 mA (compared to 130 mA of traditional UWB infrastructure nodes). Finally, the system has been experimentally validated and is available as open-source software.
Related Concept Videos
Batteries and Fuel Cells
DC Battery
Power
Instantaneous Power
Complex Power
Complex power is defined as the multiplication of the voltage and the complex conjugate of the current. The magnitude of this power, known as apparent power, is measured in volt-amperes (VA). Notably, the angle of the complex power equates to the...
Electrical Power

