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Visual obstacle discovery is a key step towards autonomous navigation of indoor mobile robots. Successful solutions have many applications in multiple scenes. One of the exceptions is the reflective ground. In this case, the reflections on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-04 Feng Xue , Yicong Chang , Tianxi Wang , Yu Zhou , Anlong Ming

We propose a framework that allows a mobile robot to build a map of an indoor scenario, identifying and highlighting objects that may be considered a hindrance to people with limited mobility. The map is built by combining recent…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-11-25 V. Ayala-Alfaro , J. A. Vilchis-Mar , F. E. Correa-Tome , J. P. Ramirez-Paredes

The ability to identify the static background in videos captured by a moving camera is an important pre-requisite for many video applications (e.g. video stabilization, stitching, and segmentation). Existing methods usually face…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-03-07 Kaimo Lin , Nianjuan Jiang , Loong Fah Cheong , Jiangbo Lu , Xun Xu

Considerable progress has been made in semantic scene understanding of road scenes with monocular cameras. It is, however, mainly related to certain classes such as cars and pedestrians. This work investigates traffic cones, an object class…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-06-11 Ankit Dhall , Dengxin Dai , Luc Van Gool

This paper investigates different methods to detect obstacles ahead of a robot using a camera in the robot, an aerial camera, and an ultrasound sensor. We also explored various efficient path finding methods for the robot to navigate to the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-12-08 Poojith Kotikalapudi , Vinayak Elangovan

In recent years, the field of autonomous driving has witnessed remarkable advancements, driven by the integration of a multitude of sensors, including cameras and LiDAR systems, in different prototypes. However, with the proliferation of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-10 Irene Cortés , Jorge Beltrán , Arturo de la Escalera , Fernando García

In the realm of fully autonomous drones, the accurate detection of obstacles is paramount to ensure safe navigation and prevent collisions. Among these challenges, the detection of wires stands out due to their slender profile, which poses…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-19 Benedikt Kolbeinsson , Krystian Mikolajczyk

We introduce a general self-supervised approach to predict the future outputs of a short-range sensor (such as a proximity sensor) given the current outputs of a long-range sensor (such as a camera); we assume that the former is directly…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-01-18 Mirko Nava , Jerome Guzzi , R. Omar Chavez-Garcia , Luca M. Gambardella , Alessandro Giusti

This work aims to address the challenges in autonomous driving by focusing on the 3D perception of the environment using roadside LiDARs. We design a 3D object detection model that can detect traffic participants in roadside LiDARs in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-07-13 Walter Zimmer , Jialong Wu , Xingcheng Zhou , Alois C. Knoll

The vast number of existing IP cameras in current road networks is an opportunity to take advantage of the captured data and analyze the video and detect any significant events. For this purpose, it is necessary to detect moving vehicles, a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-05-19 Iván García , Rafael Marcos Luque , Ezequiel López

Interference detection of arbitrary geometric objects is not a trivial task due to the heavy computational load imposed by implementation issues. The hierarchically structured bounding boxes help us to quickly isolate the contour of…

Graphics · Computer Science 2016-11-14 L. A. Rivera , Vania V. Estrela , P. C. P. Carvalho

Object detection is a computer vision task that has become an integral part of many consumer applications today such as surveillance and security systems, mobile text recognition, and diagnosing diseases from MRI/CT scans. Object detection…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-01-20 Abhishek Balasubramaniam , Sudeep Pasricha

The detection of small road hazards, such as lost cargo, is a vital capability for self-driving cars. We tackle this challenging and rarely addressed problem with a vision system that leverages appearance, contextual as well as geometric…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-12-21 Sebastian Ramos , Stefan Gehrig , Peter Pinggera , Uwe Franke , Carsten Rother

In the emerging advancement in the branch of autonomous robotics, the ability of a robot to efficiently localize and construct maps of its surrounding is crucial. This paper deals with utilizing thermal-infrared cameras, as opposed to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-10-05 Vu Hoang Minh , Tajwar Abrar Aleef , Usama Pervaiz , Yeman Brhane Hagos , Saed Khawaldeh

Obstacle detection is one of the basic tasks of a robot movement in an unknown environment. The use of a LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) sensor allows one to obtain a point cloud in the vicinity of the sensor. After processing this…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-12 Lukas Kratochvila

Object detection in 3D with stereo cameras is an important problem in computer vision, and is particularly crucial in low-cost autonomous mobile robots without LiDARs. Nowadays, most of the best-performing frameworks for stereo 3D object…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-03-18 Yuxuan Liu , Lujia Wang , Ming Liu

Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) are mostly reliant on LiDAR sensors which enable spatial perception of their surroundings and help make driving decisions. Recent works demonstrated attacks that aim to hide objects from AV perception, which can…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-05-02 Zhongyuan Hau , Soteris Demetriou , Emil C. Lupu

In order to manipulate a deformable object, such as rope or cloth, in unstructured environments, robots need a way to estimate its current shape. However, tracking the shape of a deformable object can be challenging because of the object's…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-11-03 Yixuan Wang , Dale McConachie , Dmitry Berenson

The spread of a resource-constrained Internet of Things (IoT) environment and embedded devices has put pressure on the real-time detection of anomalies occurring at the edge. This survey presents an overview of machine-learning methods…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Abdelmadjid Benmachiche , Khadija Rais , Hamda Slimi

Fast and accurate video object recognition, which relies on frame-by-frame video analytics, remains a challenge for resource-constrained devices such as traffic cameras. Recent advances in mobile edge computing have made it possible to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-27 Kun Guo , Yun Shen , Xijun Wang , Chaoqun You , Yun Rui , Tony Q. S. Quek