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Localization, that is the estimation of a robot's location from sensor data, is a fundamental problem in mobile robotics. This papers presents a version of Markov localization which provides accurate position estimates and which is tailored…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2011-06-02 W. Burgard , D. Fox , S. Thrun

Reliable robot pose estimation is a key building block of many robot autonomy pipelines, with LiDAR localization being an active research domain. In this work, a versatile self-supervised LiDAR odometry estimation method is presented, in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-06-28 Julian Nubert , Shehryar Khattak , Marco Hutter

The majority of existing LiDAR odometry solutions are based on simple geometric features such as points, lines or planes which cannot fully reflect the characteristics of surrounding environments. In this study, we propose a novel LiDAR…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-29 Feiya Li , Chunyun Fu , Dongye Sun

Robust and accurate, map-based localization is crucial for autonomous mobile systems. In this paper, we exploit range images generated from 3D LiDAR scans to address the problem of localizing mobile robots or autonomous cars in a map of a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-04-26 Xieyuanli Chen , Ignacio Vizzo , Thomas Läbe , Jens Behley , Cyrill Stachniss

Localization is a fundamental capability for autonomous robots, enabling them to operate effectively in dynamic environments. In Robocon 2025, accurate and reliable localization is crucial for improving shooting precision, avoiding…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-14 Naren Medarametla , Sreejon Mondal

LiDAR-based place recognition (LPR) plays a pivotal role in autonomous driving, which assists Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) systems in reducing accumulated errors and achieving reliable localization. However, existing reviews…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-09 Yongjun Zhang , Pengcheng Shi , Jiayuan Li

Navigation signs and maps, such as floor plans and street maps, are widely available and serve as ubiquitous aids for way-finding in human environments. Yet, they are rarely used by robot systems. This paper presents SignLoc, a global…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-01 Nicky Zimmerman , Joel Loo , Ayush Agrawal , David Hsu

Global navigation satellite systems readily provide accurate position information when localizing a robot outdoors. However, an analogous standard solution does not exist yet for mobile robots operating indoors. This paper presents an…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-10 Xibo Li , Shruti Patel , David Stronzek-Pfeifer , Christof Büskens

This paper aims to improve the performance and positioning accuracy of a robot by using the particle filter method. The laser range information is a wireless navigation system mainly used to measure, position, and control autonomous robots.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-29 Rashid Ali , Dil Nawaz Hakro , Yongping He , Wenpeng Fu , Zhiqiang Cao

LiDAR-based localization and mapping is one of the core components in many modern robotic systems due to the direct integration of range and geometry, allowing for precise motion estimation and generation of high quality maps in real-time.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-08-02 Julian Nubert , Etienne Walther , Shehryar Khattak , Marco Hutter

Relative localization between autonomous robots without infrastructure is crucial to achieve their navigation, path planning, and formation in many applications, such as emergency response, where acquiring a prior knowledge of the…

Mobile robots have the capability to work in real-time autonomously. Autonomous behavior is strictly dependent on knowing the position of the mobile robot. The positioning of a mobile robot in an indoor area is a difficult task for only one…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-12-11 Hikmet Yucel , Gulin Elibol , Ugur Yayan

In many applications, maintaining a consistent map of the environment is key to enabling robotic platforms to perform higher-level decision making. Detection of already visited locations is one of the primary ways in which map consistency…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-08-07 Alexander Millane , Helen Oleynikova , Juan Nieto , Roland Siegwart , César Cadena

Long-term autonomy for mobile robots requires both robust self-localization and reliable map maintenance. Conventional landmark-based methods face a fundamental trade-off between landmarks with high detectability but low distinctiveness…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Wuhao Xie , Kanji Tanaka

High precision localization is a crucial requirement for the autonomous driving system. Traditional positioning methods have some limitations in providing stable and accurate vehicle poses, especially in an urban environment. Herein, we…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-05-17 Zhongyang Xiao , Kun Jiang , Shichao Xie , Tuopu Wen , Chunlei Yu , Diange Yang

Research in Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) is increasingly moving towards richer world representations involving objects and high level features that enable a semantic model of the world for robots, potentially leading to a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-08-04 Niko Sünderhauf , Michael Milford

Place recognition is a critical component in robot navigation that enables it to re-establish previously visited locations, and simultaneously use this information to correct the drift incurred in its dead-reckoned estimate. In this work,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-05-14 Sudeep Pillai , John Leonard

External localization is an essential part for the indoor operation of small or cost-efficient robots, as they are used, for example, in swarm robotics. We introduce a two-stage localization and instance identification framework for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-04 Lukas Hoyer , Christoph Steup , Sanaz Mostaghim

This paper proposes a novel approach for global localisation of mobile robots in large-scale environments. Our method leverages learning-based localisation and filtering-based localisation, to localise the robot efficiently and precisely…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-07-17 Li Sun , Daniel Adolfsson , Martin Magnusson , Henrik Andreasson , Ingmar Posner , Tom Duckett

Highly automated driving functions currently often rely on a-priori knowledge from maps for planning and prediction in complex scenarios like cities. This makes map-relative localization an essential skill. In this paper, we address the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-04-30 Stefan Jürgens , Niklas Koch , Marc-Michael Meinecke