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Due to their ubiquity and long-term stability, pole-like objects are well suited to serve as landmarks for vehicle localization in urban environments. In this work, we present a complete mapping and long-term localization system based on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-10-24 Alexander Schaefer , Daniel Büscher , Johan Vertens , Lukas Luft , Wolfram Burgard

Human detection and tracking is an essential task for service robots, where the combined use of multiple sensors has potential advantages that are yet to be exploited. In this paper, we introduce a framework allowing a robot to learn a new…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-08-01 Zhi Yan , Li Sun , Tom Duckett , Nicola Bellotto

Existing radar sensors can be classified into automotive and scanning radars. While most radar odometry (RO) methods are only designed for a specific type of radar, our RO method adapts to both scanning and automotive radars. Our RO is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-31 Pou-Chun Kung , Chieh-Chih Wang , Wen-Chieh Lin

Localization, or position fixing, is an important problem in robotics research. In this paper, we propose a novel approach for long-term localization in a changing environment using 3D LiDAR. We first create the map of a real environment…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-10-29 Yilong Zhu , Bohuan Xue , Linwei Zheng , Huaiyang Huang , Ming Liu , Rui Fan

This paper presents a self-supervised framework for learning to detect robust keypoints for odometry estimation and metric localisation in radar. By embedding a differentiable point-based motion estimator inside our architecture, we learn…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-02-25 Dan Barnes , Ingmar Posner

Localization in the environment is an essential navigational capability for animals and mobile robots. In the indoor environment, the global localization problem remains challenging to be perfectly solved with probabilistic methods.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-09-28 Genghang Zhuang , Carlo Cagnetta , Zhenshan Bing , Kai Huang , Alois Knoll

Robots and autonomous systems need to know where they are within a map to navigate effectively. Thus, simultaneous localization and mapping or SLAM is a common building block of robot navigation systems. When building a map via a SLAM…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-18 Luca Di Giammarino , Irvin Aloise , Cyrill Stachniss , Giorgio Grisetti

We present a heterogeneous localization framework for solving radar global localization and pose tracking on pre-built lidar maps. To bridge the gap of sensing modalities, deep neural networks are constructed to create shared embedding…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-06-21 Huan Yin , Yue Wang , Rong Xiong

Reliability is a key factor for realizing safety guarantee of full autonomous robot systems. In this paper, we focus on reliability in mobile robot localization. Monte Carlo localization (MCL) is widely used for mobile robot localization.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-12-19 Naoki Akai

Combining multiple LiDARs enables a robot to maximize its perceptual awareness of environments and obtain sufficient measurements, which is promising for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). This paper proposes a system to achieve…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-05-06 Jianhao Jiao , Haoyang Ye , Yilong Zhu , Ming Liu

Localization is paramount for autonomous robots. While camera and LiDAR-based approaches have been extensively investigated, they are affected by adverse illumination and weather conditions. Therefore, radar sensors have recently gained…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-05 Abhijeet Nayak , Daniele Cattaneo , Abhinav Valada

Recently, the robotics community has regained interest in radar-based perception and state estimation. A 2D imaging radar provides dense 360deg information about the environment. Despite the radar antenna's cone of emission and reception,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Cedric Le Gentil , Daniil Lisus , Timothy D. Barfoot

Self-localization is a fundamental capability that mobile robot navigation systems integrate to move from one point to another using a map. Thus, any enhancement in localization accuracy is crucial to perform delicate dexterity tasks. This…

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

Unmanned vehicles usually rely on Global Positioning System (GPS) and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensors to achieve high-precision localization results for navigation purpose. However, this combination with their associated costs…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-15 Jinhao He , Huaiyang Huang , Shuyang Zhang , Jianhao Jiao , Chengju Liu , Ming Liu

Radar odometry estimation has emerged as a critical technique in the field of autonomous navigation, providing robust and reliable motion estimation under various environmental conditions. Despite its potential, the complex nature of radar…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-08 Matteo Frosi , Mirko Usuelli , Matteo Matteucci

Most autonomous vehicles rely on accurate and efficient localization, which is achieved by comparing live sensor data to a preexisting map, to navigate their environment. Balancing the accuracy of localization with computational efficiency…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Katya M. Papais , Daniil Lisus , Cedric Le Gentil , David J. Yoon , Timothy D. Barfoot

Legged robot navigation in extreme environments can hinder the use of cameras and laser scanners due to darkness, air obfuscation or sensor damage. In these conditions, proprioceptive sensing will continue to work reliably. In this paper,…

For autonomous vehicles, high-precision real-time localization is the guarantee of stable driving. Compared with the visual odometry (VO), the LiDAR odometry (LO) has the advantages of higher accuracy and better stability. However, 2D LO is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-09-28 Lu Sun , Junqiao Zhao , Xudong He , Chen Ye

Effective tracking of surrounding traffic participants allows for an accurate state estimation as a necessary ingredient for prediction of future behavior and therefore adequate planning of the ego vehicle trajectory. One approach for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Patrick Palmer , Martin Krüger , Richard Altendorfer , Torsten Bertram