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Biologically inspired algorithms for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) such as RatSLAM have been shown to yield effective and robust robot navigation in both indoor and outdoor environments. One drawback however is the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-05-10 Ozan Çatal , Wouter Jansen , Tim Verbelen , Bart Dhoedt , Jan Steckel

Learning to safely navigate in unknown environments is an important task for autonomous drones used in surveillance and rescue operations. In recent years, a number of learning-based Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM) systems…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-08-30 Ali Safa , Tim Verbelen , Ilja Ocket , André Bourdoux , Hichem Sahli , Francky Catthoor , Georges Gielen

In this paper, we propose an artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced hybrid simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) method that performs Bayesian inference directly on raw radio-frequency (RF) signals while learning an environment model…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-17 Alexander Venus , Benjamin Deutschmann , Alexander Fuchs , Christian Knoll , Erik Leitinger

Aerial robots play a vital role in various applications where the situational awareness of the robots concerning the environment is a fundamental demand. As one such use case, drones in GPS-denied environments require equipping with…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-06-24 Ahmed Radwan , Ali Tourani , Hriday Bavle , Holger Voos , Jose Luis Sanchez-Lopez

Autonomous indoor navigation of UAVs presents numerous challenges, primarily due to the limited precision of GPS in enclosed environments. Additionally, UAVs' limited capacity to carry heavy or power-intensive sensors, such as overheight…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-25 Kangtong Mo , Linyue Chu , Xingyu Zhang , Xiran Su , Yang Qian , Yining Ou , Wian Pretorius

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

Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (vSLAM) is a widely used technique in robotics and computer vision that enables a robot to create a map of an unfamiliar environment using a camera sensor while simultaneously tracking its…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-10 Yasaman Haghighi , Suryansh Kumar , Jean-Philippe Thiran , Luc Van Gool

Active Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (Active SLAM) involves the strategic planning and precise control of a robotic system's movement in order to construct a highly accurate and comprehensive representation of its surrounding…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-19 Yizhen Yin , Yuhua Qi , Dapeng Feng , Hongbo Chen , Hongjun Ma , Jin Wu , Yi Jiang

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is one of the essential techniques and functionalities used by robots to perform autonomous navigation tasks. Inspired by the rodent hippocampus, this paper presents a biologically inspired SLAM…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-06-27 Genghang Zhuang , Zhenshan Bing , Yuhong Huang , Kai Huang , Alois Knoll

Limited power and computational resources, absence of high-end sensor equipment and GPS-denied environments are challenges faced by autonomous micro areal vehicles (MAVs). We address these challenges in the context of autonomous navigation…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-09-10 Max Christl

Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) is a task to estimate the robot location and to reconstruct the environment based on observation from sensors such as LIght Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) and camera. It is widely used in robotic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-02-18 Han Wang , Chen Wang , Lihua Xie

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is used to predict the dynamic motion path of a moving platform based on the location coordinates and the precise mapping of the physical environment. SLAM has great potential in augmented…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-01-05 Thangarajah Akilan , Edna Johnson , Japneet Sandhu , Ritika Chadha , Gaurav Taluja

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) remains challenging for a number of downstream applications, such as visual robot navigation, because of rapid turns, featureless walls, and poor camera quality. We introduce the Differentiable…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-05-20 Peter Karkus , Shaojun Cai , David Hsu

We proposed an end-to-end deep learning-based simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) system following conventional visual odometry (VO) pipelines. The proposed method completes the SLAM framework by including tracking, mapping, and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-05-10 Youngji Kim , Ayoung Kim

A key requirement in robotics is the ability to simultaneously self-localize and map a previously unknown environment, relying primarily on onboard sensing and computation. Achieving fully onboard accurate simultaneous localization and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-28 Vlad Niculescu , Tommaso Polonelli , Michele Magno , Luca Benini

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

The emergence of mobile robotics, particularly in the automotive industry, introduces a promising era of enriched user experiences and adept handling of complex navigation challenges. The realization of these advancements necessitates a…

Blending representation learning approaches with simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) systems is an open question, because of their highly modular and complex nature. Functionally, SLAM is an operation that transforms raw sensor…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-11-20 Krishna Murthy Jatavallabhula , Soroush Saryazdi , Ganesh Iyer , Liam Paull

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) are essential in numerous robotics applications, such as autonomous navigation. Traditional SLAM approaches infer the metric state of the robot along with a metric map of the environment. While…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-02-20 Roee Mor , Vadim Indelman

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) in large-scale, unknown, and complex subterranean environments is a challenging problem. Sensors must operate in off-nominal conditions; uneven and slippery terrains make wheel odometry…

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