Design and Implementation of a Low-Cost Perception System for Aerial Robots in Confined Spaces - 2026-02-10 - Research Publication - Twelve VL53L8CX modules are arranged around a quadcopter to provide radial coverage to four metres in GNSS-denied, low-visibility spaces. The authors characterize reliability, repeatability and synchronization while… - source: doi.org
IoT-Enabled Real-Time Monitoring of Urban Garbage Levels Using Time-of-Flight Sensing Technology - 2025-03-28 - Research Publication - A VL53L8CX and ESP32-S3 form a 40 by 18 by 4 mm sensing node that reports bin fill data through a Raspberry Pi gateway to an IoT cloud. The prototype is tested in four scenarios on a 250 mm office bin, with the interface… - source: doi.org