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--> [Submitted on 31 Jul 2026] Title:Localization in Spatiotemporal Fields via Environmental PDEs View a PDF of the paper titled Localization in Spatiotemporal Fields via Environmental PDEs, by Jose Fuentes and 3 other authors View PDF Abstract:This paper proposes a localization framework that uses spatiotemporal fields governed by partial differential equations (PDEs) as localization signatures. Two PDE classes are considered: the shallow water equations, which describe free-surface flows in coastal and riverine environments, and the advection-diffusion equation, which models the transport and mixing of scalar quantities such as temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen. A numerical PDE solver provides predicted fields over the domain, and multiple field channels are fused as multimodal measurements to improve localization accuracy. We formulate the problem within a Rao-Blackwellized particle filter (RBPF) that partitions the vehicle state into a nonlinear component sampled by particles and a linear sensor bias component tracked analytically via per-particle Kalman filters. This factorization reduces the required number of particles compared to a standard particle filter while accounting for realistic sensor drift. Simulation studies on both PDE scenarios show that the RBPF consistently outperforms a standard particle filter in terms of final position error and Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) across varying particle counts. Field experiments with an autonomous surface vehicle measuring salinity, temperature, and dissolved oxygen validate that PDE-governed environmental fields provide sufficient spatial variability for practical localization. Related experimental videos are available at this https URL. Comments: Accepted to the 2026 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2026) Subjects: Robotics (cs.RO) Cite as: arXiv:2608.00272 [cs.RO] (or arXiv:2608.00272v1 [cs.RO] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.00272 arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite Submission history From: Abdullah Al Redwan Newaz [view email] [v1] Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:25:53 UTC (14,780 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Localization in Spatiotemporal Fields via Environmental PDEs, by Jose Fuentes and 3 other authors View PDF TeX Source view license Current browse context: cs.RO new | recent | 2026-08 Change to browse by: cs References & Citations NASA ADS Google Scholar Semantic Scholar Loading... Data provided by: Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv (What is alphaXiv?) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers (What is CatalyzeX?) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub (What is DagsHub?) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub (What is GotitPub?) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face (What is Huggingface?) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast (What is ScienceCast?) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate (What is Replicate?) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces (What is Spaces?) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI (What is TXYZ.AI?) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower (What are Influence Flowers?) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender (What is CORE?) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs. Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)