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This study proposes an innovative indoor localization algorithm based on the base station identification and improved black kite algorithm–backpropagation (IBKA-BP) integration to address the problem of low positioning accuracy in agricultural robots operating in agricultural greenhouses and breeding farms, where the Global Navigation Satellite System is unreliable due to weak or absent signals. First, the density peaks clustering (DPC) algorithm is applied to select a subset of line-of-sight (LOS) base stations with higher positioning accuracy for backpropagation neural network modeling. Next, the collected received signal strength indication (RSSI) data are processed using Kalman filtering and Min-Max normalization, suppressing signal fluctuations and accelerating the gradient descent convergence of the distance measurement model. Finally, the improved black kite algorithm (IBKA) is enhanced with tent chaotic mapping, a lens imaging reverse learning strategy, and the golden sine strategy to optimize the weights and biases of the BP neural network, developing an RSSI-based ranging algorithm using the IBKA-BP neural network. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can achieve a mean error of 16.34 cm, a standard deviation of 16.32 cm, and a root mean square error of 22.87 cm, indicating its significant potential for precise indoor localization of agricultural robots.

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Title
An Innovative Indoor Localization Method for Agricultural Robots Based on the NLOS Base Station Identification and IBKA-BP Integration
Author
Yang, Jingjing 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Wan Lihong 1 ; Qian Junbing 1 ; Li Zonglun 1 ; Mao Zhijie 2 ; Zhang, Xueming 3 ; Lei Junjie 1 

 Faculty of Civil Aviation and Aeronautics, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China; [email protected] (J.Y.); [email protected] (L.W.); [email protected] (J.Q.); [email protected] (Z.L.) 
 Department of Intelligent Science and Engineering, Yantai Nanshan University, Yantai 264000, China; [email protected] 
 Yunyi Aviation Technology (Yunnan) Co., Ltd., Dabanqiao Subdistrict, Guandu District, Kunming 650000, China; [email protected] 
Publication title
Volume
15
Issue
8
First page
901
Publication year
2025
Publication date
2025
Publisher
MDPI AG
Place of publication
Basel
Country of publication
Switzerland
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e-ISSN
20770472
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
Document type
Journal Article
Publication history
 
 
Online publication date
2025-04-21
Milestone dates
2025-03-17 (Received); 2025-04-18 (Accepted)
Publication history
 
 
   First posting date
21 Apr 2025
ProQuest document ID
3194484835
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Last updated
2025-05-02
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