Publications

2024

Journal Articles

Synthetic Wind Estimation for Small Fixed-Wing Drones

A. Sharma; G. F. Laupré; P. Longobardi; J. Skaloud 

Atmosphere. 2024. Vol. 15, num. 11. DOI : 10.3390/atmos15111339.

Linear Estimation of Deterministic Accelerometer Errors

J. Burkhard; A. Sharma; J. Skaloud 

Navigation-Journal Of The Institute Of Navigation. 2024. Vol. 71, num. 3. DOI : 10.33012/navi.656.

Identifying Aerodynamics of Delta-Wing Drones for Model-Based Navigation: A Comparative Study

P. Longobardi; J. Skaloud; A. Sharma 

IEEE Access. 2024. Vol. 12, p. 91649 – 91663. DOI : 10.1109/access.2024.3421579.

Aerodynamic modeling of a delta-wing UAV for model-based navigation

P. Longobardi; J. Skaloud 

CEAS Aeronautical Journal. 2024. Vol. 15, p. 283 – 301. DOI : 10.1007/s13272-024-00727-9.

Airborne sensor fusion: Expected accuracy and behavior of a concurrent adjustment

K. Mouzakidou; A. A. Brun; D. A. Cucci; J. Skaloud 

ISPRS Open Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 2024. Vol. 12, num. April, p. 100057. DOI : 10.1016/j.ophoto.2023.100057.

VDMNav: Software Architecture for Aerodynamically Constrained Navigation on Small Fixed-Wing Drones

G. F. Laupré; A. Sharma; J. Skaloud 

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2024. Vol. 9, num. 3, p. 2869 – 2876. DOI : 10.1109/LRA.2024.3358758.

Conference Papers

Model-Based Fusion of GNSS and Multiple-IMUs

A. Sharma; S. Gilgien; J. Skaloud 

2024. 11th International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace (MetroAeroSpace), Lublin, Poland, 2024-06-03-2024-06-05. DOI : 10.1109/metroaerospace61015.2024.10591587.

Theses

VDM-based navigation for Delta-wing UAVs: Models, calibration, implementation

P. Longobardi / J. Skaloud (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Identification and Integration of Aerodynamics into Fixed-Wing Drone Navigation

A. Sharma / J. Skaloud (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

2023

Journal Articles

Model-based constraints for trajectory determination of quad-copters: Design, calibration & merits for direct orientation

K. Joseph Paul; D. A. Cucci; J. Skaloud 

ISPRS Open Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 2023. Vol. 7, num. January, p. 100030. DOI : 10.1016/j.ophoto.2023.100030.

Identifying aerodynamics of small fixed-wing drones using inertial measurements for model-based navigation

A. Sharma; G. F. Laupré; J. Skaloud 

NAVIGATION. 2023. Vol. 70, num. 4, p. 34. DOI : 10.33012/navi.611.

Conference Papers

Wind Tunnel Characterization of a Delta-Wing UAV for – Model-Based Navigation

P. Longobardi; G. Bonneau; J. Skaloud 

2023. Aerospace Europe Conference 2023 – 10ᵀᴴ EUCASS – 9ᵀᴴ CEAS, Lausanne, July 9-13, 2023. DOI : 10.13009/EUCASS2023-585.

Talks

Methods of trajectory estimation in challenging mapping scenarios

A. A. Brun 

IUGG General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Berlin, Germany, July 11-20, 2023.

2022

Journal Articles

On the benefit of concurrent adjustment of active and passive optical sensors with GNSS & raw inertial data

K. Mouzakidou; D. A. Cucci; J. Skaloud 

ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. 2022. Vol. V-1-2022, p. 161 – 168. DOI : 10.5194/isprs-annals-V-1-2022-161-2022.

Lidar point-to-point correspondences for rigorous registration of kinematic scanning in dynamic networks

A. Brun; D. A. Cucci; J. Skaloud 

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 2022. Vol. 189, p. 185 – 200. DOI : 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2022.04.027.

Wind Estimation with Multirotor UAVs

K. Meier; R. Hann; J. Skaloud; A. Garreau 

Atmosphere. 2022. Vol. 13, num. 4, p. 1 – 23, 551. DOI : 10.3390/atmos13040551.

UAV in the advent of the twenties: Where we stand and what is next

F. Nex; C. Armenakis; M. Cramer; D. A. Cucci; M. Gerke et al. 

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 2022. Vol. 184, p. 215 – 242. DOI : 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2021.12.006.

Conference Papers

CrossLoc: Scalable Aerial Localization Assisted by Multimodal Synthetic Data

Q. Yan; J. Zheng; S. Reding; S. Li; I. Doytchinov 

2022. IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), New Orleans, LA, Jun 18-24, 2022. p. 17337 – 17347. DOI : 10.1109/CVPR52688.2022.01684.

Theses

GNSS/INS Kalman Filter Integrity Monitoring with Uncertain Time Correlated Error Processes

O. Garcia Crespillo / J. Skaloud; M. Meurer (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Student Projects

Development of a Flying Wing UAV and Stochastic Component Characterization of the Dahu4NAV R-IMU

E. Chelly 

2022.