Accurate localization underpins modern mobility, powering everything from precise rideshare pickups and efficient deliveries to augmented reality and autonomous systems. Yet achieving reliable sub-meter precision with commodity hardware remains one of the field’s central challenges. <p>A range of technologies are…
Image: kojihirano/ iStock / Getty Images Plus/ Getty Images Intecs, a hardware and software developer, is creating a multi-sensor, GNSS-based platform for obtaining absolute position of trains on rail lines. The system incorporates cameras that read QR codes installed in…
Smart speakers such as the Amazon Alexa or Google Home haven’t mastered determining user location in the home. Solving this problem was the focus of a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign research team’s recently published paper. The team — led…
