ECE Research Seminar (Virtual Event*) – August 26, Friday, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
August 19, 2022
Multi-Sensor Systems for Robots and Autonomous Vehicles Navigation
Umar Iqbal | umar@ece.msstate.edu
Abstract: Sensors are an indispensable part of robots and Autonomous Vehicles (AV) to perceive
environments and implement their actions. One aspect of ensuring safe operation is to have reliable
positioning to the sub-meter level of accuracy everywhere under all operational environments for
mobile robots and self-driving cars. A suite of multiple sensors with complementary modalities
with distinct strengths and weaknesses is required to achieve overall awareness of the autonomous
safety-critical cyber-physical systems. In this presentation, Dr. Iqbal will discuss the opportunities
and challenges of using different sensors, practical aspects of design and operation vital in
processing the data from multi-sensor systems, and the data fusion approach to enable the
robot/AV to perceive the different environments. He will show the experimental results of the
various sensors and algorithms applied to land vehicles and robots.
Dr. Umar Iqbal is an Assistant Clinical Professor at Electrical and Computer
Engineering, Bagley College of Engineering, Mississippi State University. Dr.
Iqbal’s research addresses challenges related to mobile multi-sensor systems.
Professor Iqbal has worked in the areas of Multi-Sensor Integration, Navigation
Systems, Wearable Technology, Robotics, Control, and Measurement While
Drilling (MWD) for industry and academia. He has received several prestigious
awards, scholarships, and grants, which include a $1.48 million grant from the
NSF to improve graduation outcomes for transfer engineering students as a Co-PI in 2021. He has
designed, updated, and taught several courses in electrical engineering, engineering design, and
technological innovations. He serves as Academic Editor of Journal of Advanced Transportation,
Hindawi Publishing, Associate Editor of the Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, IEEE Publishing, and Guest Editor of Special Issue of Sensors Journal, MDPI.
* For further information contact: Dr. Jenny Du | du@ece.msstate.edu | 5-2035
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