Multimodal Localization with Autonomy

The Army Research Laboratory Research Associateship Program (ARL-RAP) offers a research fellowship opportunity focused on developing efficient techniques that exploit heterogeneous networks and autonomy for improved direction of arrival estimation and localization. The research aims to develop novel implementations of accurate localization of mobile robots while navigating unknown environments through NLOS communication, enabling environmental mapping. The program will integrate VHF, RF communication systems and experimental UV-C band communication systems for performance analyses. This fellowship is designed to significantly increase the involvement of creative and highly trained scientists and engineers from academia and industry in scientific and technical areas of interest and relevance to the Army. The program focuses on the Network Cyber & Computational Sciences (NCCS) competency area, which enables and ensures secure resilient communication networks for distributed analytics in Multi-Domain Operations.