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Simultaneous localization and mapping, especially the one relying solely on video data (vSLAM), is a challenging problem that has been extensively studied in robotics and computer vision. State-of-the-art vSLAM algorithms are capable of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-09-15 Andrey Bokovoy , Kirill Muraviev , Konstantin Yakovlev

Indoor wireless simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is considered as a promising technique to provide positioning services in future 6G systems. However, the accuracy of traditional wireless SLAM system heavily relies on the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-06 Ziang Yang , Haobo Zhang , Boya Di , Hongliang Zhang , Kaigui Bian , Lingyang Song

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) technology enables the construction of environmental maps and localization, serving as a key technique for indoor autonomous navigation of mobile robots. Traditional SLAM methods typically…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-17 Jiantao Feng , Xinde Li , HyunCheol Park , Juan Liu , Zhentong Zhang

We discuss and predict the evolution of Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM) into a general geometric and semantic `Spatial AI' perception capability for intelligent embodied devices. A big gap remains between the visual perception…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-04-02 Andrew J. Davison

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) has been extensively researched in past years particularly with regard to range-based or visual-based sensors. Instead of deploying dedicated devices that use visual features, it is more…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-01-10 Ran Liu , Sumudu Hasala Marakkalage , Madhushanka Padmal , Thiruketheeswaran Shaganan , Chau Yuen , Yong Liang Guan , U-Xuan Tan

Active Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM) is a critical problem in autonomous robotics, enabling robots to navigate to new regions while building an accurate model of their surroundings. Visual SLAM is a popular technique that…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-17 Kenji Leong

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is paramount for unmanned systems to achieve self-localization and navigation. It is challenging to perform SLAM in large environments, due to sensor limitations, complexity of the environment,…

Robots navigating indoor environments often have access to architectural plans, which can serve as prior knowledge to enhance their localization and mapping capabilities. While some SLAM algorithms leverage these plans for global…

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) plays an important role in many robotics fields, including social robots. Many of the available visual SLAM methods are based on the assumption of a static world and struggle in dynamic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-06 Mobin Habibpour , Alireza Nemati , Ali Meghdari , Alireza Taheri , Shima Nazari

A novel simultaneous localization and radio mapping (SLARM) framework for communication-aware connected robots in the unknown indoor environment is proposed, where the simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithm and the global…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-11-26 Xinyu Gao , Yuanwei Liu , Xidong Mu

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is the process of constructing a global model of an environment from local observations of it; this is a foundational capability for mobile robots, supporting such core functions as planning,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-10 David M. Rosen , Kevin J. Doherty , Antonio Teran Espinoza , John J. Leonard

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM)consists in the concurrent construction of a model of the environment (the map), and the estimation of the state of the robot moving within it. The SLAM community has made astonishing progress…

In this paper, we propose a tightly-coupled, multi-modal simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) framework, integrating an extensive set of sensors: IMU, cameras, multiple lidars, and Ultra-wideband (UWB) range measurements, hence…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-06 Thien-Minh Nguyen , Shenghai Yuan , Muqing Cao , Thien Hoang Nguyen , Lihua Xie

In recent decades, several assistive technologies have been developed to improve the ability of blind and visually impaired (BVI) individuals to navigate independently and safely. At the same time, simultaneous localization and mapping…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Marziyeh Bamdad , Davide Scaramuzza , Alireza Darvishy

In this paper we propose a novel algorithm, Wi-Closure, to improve computational efficiency and robustness of loop closure detection in multi-robot SLAM. Our approach decreases the computational overhead of classical approaches by pruning…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-11-24 Weiying Wang , Anne Kemmeren , Daniel Son , Javier Alonso-Mora , Stephanie Gil

We present UbiSLAM, an innovative solution for real-time mapping and localization in dynamic indoor environments. By deploying a network of fixed RGB-D cameras strategically throughout the workspace, UbiSLAM addresses limitations commonly…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Halim Djerroud , Nico Steyn , Olivier Rabreau , Patrick Bonnin , Abderraouf Benali

Visual SLAM algorithms have been enhanced through the exploration of Gaussian Splatting representations, particularly in generating high-fidelity dense maps. While existing methods perform reliably in static environments, they often…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Yi Liu , Keyu Fan , Bin Lan , Houde Liu

In dynamic environments, performance of visual SLAM techniques can be impaired by visual features taken from moving objects. One solution is to identify those objects so that their visual features can be removed for localization and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-08-04 Jonathan Vincent , Mathieu Labbé , Jean-Samuel Lauzon , François Grondin , Pier-Marc Comtois-Rivet , François Michaud

Active Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is the problem of planning and controlling the motion of a robot to build the most accurate and complete model of the surrounding environment. Since the first foundational work in active…

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) plays a vital role in mapping unknown spaces and aiding autonomous navigation. Virtually all state-of-the-art solutions today for 2D SLAM are designed for dense and accurate sensors such as laser…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-06 Hanzhi Zhou , Zichao Hu , Sihang Liu , Samira Khan