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Current technology developments are addressed toward the wide class of bio-inspired achievements. Herds, flocks, shoals, all of them solve their relative positioning problems by vision schemes, which are presently requiring high technology and large storage masses. At a more affordable level, global positioning systems (GPS) are well established but they cannot be used indoor or within an urban environment. The number of visible satellites fluctuates from time to time and this is affecting the accuracy of any GPS receiver. Local positioning systems (LPS) are a valuable alternative. LPS is made of positioning sensors and at least four transponders which periodically transmit reference signals. The realization of a non-proprietary positioning sensor is sketched and discussed with focus on the levels of accuracy which can be achieved.
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This research is supported by a grant from the Athenaeum Research Funds of the University of Pavia (FAR 2010). The research activity summarized in this paper was developed within the framework of the Marie Curie European project SMARTEN.
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Casciati, F., Wu, L.J. (2012). Positioning Systems: Global Versus Local. In: Irschik, H., Krommer, M., Belyaev, A. (eds) Advanced Dynamics and Model-Based Control of Structures and Machines. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0797-3_6
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