%AGreenberg, Jason%ATan, Xiaobo%D2019%I %K %MOSTI ID: 10119220 %PMedium: X %TOptical localization of a mobile robot using sensitivity-based data fusion %XOptical communication is of increasing interest as an alternative to acoustic communication for robots operated in underwater environments. Our previous work presented a method for LED-based Simultaneous Localization and Communication (SLAC) that uses the bearing angles, obtained in establishing line-of-sight (LOS) between two beacon nodes and a mobile robot for communication, for geometric triangulation and thus localization of the robot. In this paper, we consider the problem of optical localization in the setting of a network of beacon nodes, and specifically, how to fuse the measurements from multiple pairs of beacon nodes to obtain the target location. A sensitivity metric, which represents how sensitive the target estimate is with respect to the bearing measurement errors, is used for selecting the desired pair of beacon nodes. The proposed solution is evaluated with extensive simulation and preliminary experimentation, in a setting of three beacon nodes and one mobile node. Comparison with an average-based fusion approach and an approach using a fixed pair of beacon nodes demonstrates the efficacy of the proposed approach. Country unknown/Code not availableOSTI-MSA