Innovative Sensor Systems and Applications: Enabling Navigation, Perception, and Decision-Making Across Domains
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Navigation and Positioning".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 September 2025 | Viewed by 142
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Interests: signal processing; sensor data fusion; applied optimal estimation; artificial intelligence; nonlinear system identification; fast orthogonal search; parallel cascade identification
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Interests: multi-sensor system integration for vehicle navigation; artificial neural networks and its application to INS/GPS integration
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Interests: multi-sensor data fusion and integrated positioning technologies; navigation systems and control systems; robotics and autonomous platforms; optimization techniques; adaptive filtering; signal processing; multi-resolution data analysis; IoT; wearable technology; UAV applications; biomechanics; human-machine interaction; cybersecurity for autonomous systems; educational technologies; design thinking; and AI-powered solutions for applications in aviation, agriculture, healthcare, and intelligent systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sensors are transforming how systems and devices interact with their environments, enabling intelligent navigation, perception, and decision-making in diverse domains such as robotics, autonomous vehicles, wearable devices, public safety, agriculture, aviation, sports, and rehabilitation. These advances have transformed human activities and industrial practices, creating unprecedented opportunities for innovation and interdisciplinary research.
Integrating multiple complementary sensors with unique strengths is essential for achieving robust situational awareness and supporting large-scale and small decision-making. Core sensors for navigation and perception include accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometers, cameras, radar, ultrasound, LiDAR, hyperspectral and thermal cameras, infrared detectors, environmental sensors (e.g., temperature, humidity, pressure), and proximity sensors. When combined with enabling technologies such as GNSS, Wi-Fi, LTE, Bluetooth, ultrasonic, sonar, A-GPS, 5G, UWB, and edge computing, these systems deliver accurate positioning, real-time adaptability, and seamless communication, ensuring superior performance across a broad spectrum of applications.
This Special Issue aims to highlight the latest advancements in sensor technologies and their applications in navigation, perception, and decision-making systems. We invite researchers to contribute original studies and comprehensive reviews that explore cutting-edge developments in sensor design, integration, and application across various fields.
Research Topics
Advancing intelligent sensing and navigation for diverse applications:
- Sensor Architecture and Calibration;
- Signal Processing for Advanced Sensing;
- Sensor Data Fusion Techniques;
- Applied Optimal Estimation;
- Multi-Sensor Integration and Decision Support;
- Sensing, Monitoring, and Mapping Technologies;
- Remote Monitoring and Laser Scanning;
- Computer Vision for Perception Systems;
- Indoor/Outdoor Navigation and Perception Systems;
- Navigation and Visual Scanning Technologies;
- Vehicle and Personal Location Tracking;
- Artificial Intelligence in Sensing and Perception;
- Decision Support Systems;
- Novel Applications: Robotics, Vehicles, Wearables, Agriculture, Public Safety, Aviation, Sports Performance, Rehabilitation, Tactical Training, and Precision Navigation.
Prof. Dr. Michael J. Korenberg
Prof. Dr. Aboelmagd Noureldin
Assoc. Prof. Umar Iqbal
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- advanced sensor data fusion and integration
- navigation and perception in complex environments
- indoor/outdoor localization and mapping technologies
- robotics and autonomous vehicles sensor systems
- wearable technologies for health, sports, and safety
- intelligent and adaptive sensor architectures
- multi-sensor networks for precision agriculture
- public safety and tactical training sensors
- aviation and aerospace navigation innovations
- sports performance and rehabilitation monitoring systems
- AI-driven sensing and decision-making technologies
- remote monitoring and surveillance applications
- environmental and proximity sensing in challenging conditions
- hyperspectral and thermal imaging sensors
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