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We address automotive odometry for low-speed driving and parking, where centimeter-level accuracy is required due to tight spaces and nearby obstacles. Traditional methods using inertial-measurement units and wheel encoders require…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-05 Luis Diener , Jens Kalkkuhl , Markus Enzweiler

Monocular simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithms estimate drone poses and build a 3D map using a single camera. Current algorithms include sparse methods that lack detailed geometry, while learning-driven approaches produce…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Jeryes Danial , Yosi Ben Asher , Itzik Klein

A framework for online simultaneous localization, mapping and self-calibration is presented which can detect and handle significant change in the calibration parameters. Estimates are computed in constant-time by factoring the problem and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-11-06 Nima Keivan , Gabe Sibley

The process of simultaneously mapping the environment in three dimensional (3D) space and localizing a moving vehicle's pose (orientation and position) is termed Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). SLAM is a core task in robotics…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-13 Trevor P. Drayton , Abdul A. Jaiyeola , Nazmul Hoque , Mikhayla Maurer , Hashim A. Hashim

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is a fundamental task for numerous applications such as autonomous navigation and exploration. Despite many SLAM datasets have been released, current SLAM solutions still struggle to have…

In this paper, we present a factor-graph LiDAR-SLAM system which incorporates a state-of-the-art deeply learned feature-based loop closure detector to enable a legged robot to localize and map in industrial environments. These facilities…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-01-29 Milad Ramezani , Georgi Tinchev , Egor Iuganov , Maurice Fallon

The Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) problem has been well studied in the robotics community, especially using mono, stereo cameras or depth sensors. 3D depth sensors, such as Velodyne LiDAR, have proved in the last 10 years to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-02-26 Jean-Emmanuel Deschaud

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) has been a hot research field in the past years. Against the backdrop of more affordable 3D LiDAR sensors, research on 3D LiDAR SLAM is becoming increasingly popular. Furthermore, the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-09-02 Ziqi Chai , Xiaoyu Shi , Yan Zhou , Zhenhua Xiong

In this work, we propose a lightweight integrated LiDAR-Inertial SLAM system with high efficiency and a great loop closure capacity. We found that the current State-of-the-art LiDAR-Inertial SLAM system has poor performance in loop closure.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-12-20 Kangcheng Liu , Huosen Ou

Robots operating in dynamic environments face significant challenges due to the presence of moving agents and displaced objects. Traditional SLAM systems typically assume a static world or treat dynamic as outliers, discarding their…

Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (vSLAM) is a prevailing technology for many emerging robotic applications. Achieving real-time SLAM on mobile robotic systems with limited computational resources is challenging because the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-28 Yao Zhang , Yuyi Mao , Hui Wang , Zhiwen Yu , Song Guo , Jun Zhang , Liang Wang , Bin Guo

A robust and efficient Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) system is essential for robot autonomy. For visual SLAM algorithms, though the theoretical framework has been well established for most aspects, feature extraction and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-08-13 Dongjiang Li , Xuesong Shi , Qiwei Long , Shenghui Liu , Wei Yang , Fangshi Wang , Qi Wei , Fei Qiao

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) based on particle filtering has been extensively employed in indoor scenarios due to its high efficiency. However, in geometry feature-less scenes, the accuracy is severely reduced due to lack of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-28 Yanbin Li , Wei Zhang , Zhiguo Zhang , Xiaogang Shi , Ziruo Li , Mingming Zhang , Hongping Xie , Wenzheng Chi

We propose SNI-SLAM, a semantic SLAM system utilizing neural implicit representation, that simultaneously performs accurate semantic mapping, high-quality surface reconstruction, and robust camera tracking. In this system, we introduce…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-29 Siting Zhu , Guangming Wang , Hermann Blum , Jiuming Liu , Liang Song , Marc Pollefeys , Hesheng Wang

Autonomous robots operating in indoor and GPS denied environments can use LiDAR for SLAM instead. However, LiDARs do not perform well in geometrically-degraded environments, due to the challenge of loop closure detection and computational…

LiDAR odometry can achieve accurate vehicle pose estimation for short driving range or in small-scale environments, but for long driving range or in large-scale environments, the accuracy deteriorates as a result of cumulative estimation…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-16 Lizhou Liao , Chunyun Fu , Binbin Feng , Tian Su

Place recognition is a challenging problem in mobile robotics, especially in unstructured environments or under viewpoint and illumination changes. Most LiDAR-based methods rely on geometrical features to overcome such challenges, as…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-12-03 Jiadong Guo , Paulo V. K. Borges , Chanoh Park , Abel Gawel

Localization within a known environment is a crucial capability for mobile robots. Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is a prominent solution to this problem. SLAM is a framework that consists of a diverse set of computational…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-01-16 Jussi Kalliola , Lauri Suomela , Sergio Moreschini , David Hästbacka

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithms are essential for the autonomous navigation of mobile robots. With the increasing demand for autonomous systems, it is crucial to evaluate and compare the performance of these…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-01-23 Nwankwo Linus , Elmar Rueckert

In this work, we present Voxel-SLAM: a complete, accurate, and versatile LiDAR-inertial SLAM system that fully utilizes short-term, mid-term, long-term, and multi-map data associations to achieve real-time estimation and high precision…