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Simultaneous mapping and localization (SLAM) in an real indoor environment is still a challenging task. Traditional SLAM approaches rely heavily on low-level geometric constraints like corners or lines, which may lead to tracking failure in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-10-01 Xueyang Kang , Shunying Yuan

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) systems are fundamental building blocks for any autonomous robot navigating in unknown environments. The SLAM implementation heavily depends on the sensor modality employed on the mobile…

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

Accurate estimation of the environment structure simultaneously with the robot pose is a key capability of autonomous robotic vehicles. Classical simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithms rely on the static world assumption to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-05-11 Mina Henein , Gerard Kennedy , Viorela Ila , Robert Mahony

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) systems with novel view synthesis capabilities are widely used in computer vision, with applications in augmented reality, robotics, and autonomous driving. However, existing approaches are…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-27 Vladimir Yugay , Theo Gevers , Martin R. Oswald

Neural implicit scene representations have recently shown promising results in dense visual SLAM. However, existing implicit SLAM algorithms are constrained to single-agent scenarios, and fall difficulties in large-scale scenes and long…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-20 Tianchen Deng , Guole Shen , Xun Chen , Shenghai Yuan , Hongming Shen , Guohao Peng , Zhenyu Wu , Jingchuan Wang , Lihua Xie , Danwei Wang , Hesheng Wang , Weidong Chen

To execute collaborative tasks in unknown environments, a robotic swarm needs to establish a global reference frame and locate itself in a shared understanding of the environment. However, it faces many challenges in real-world scenarios,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-29 Shipeng Zhong , Yuhua Qi , Zhiqiang Chen , Jin Wu , Hongbo Chen , Ming Liu

Precise and real-time rail vehicle localization as well as railway environment monitoring is crucial for railroad safety. In this letter, we propose a multi-LiDAR based simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) system for railway…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-12-28 Yusheng Wang , Weiwei Song , Yidong Lou , Fei Huang , Zhiyong Tu , Shimin Zhang

Visual SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) based on planar features has found widespread applications in fields such as environmental structure perception and augmented reality. However, current research faces challenges in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-02-15 Xinggang Hu , Yanmin Wu , Mingyuan Zhao , Linghao Yang , Xiangkui Zhang , Xiangyang Ji

This paper presents a robust approach for a visual parallel tracking and mapping (PTAM) system that excels in challenging environments. Our proposed method combines the strengths of heterogeneous multi-modal visual sensors, including stereo…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-11 Abanob Soliman , Fabien Bonardi , Désiré Sidibé , Samia Bouchafa

For real-world applications, autonomous mobile robotic platforms must be capable of navigating safely in a multitude of different and dynamic environments with accurate and robust localization being a key prerequisite. To support further…

Localization and mapping with heterogeneous multi-sensor fusion have been prevalent in recent years. To adequately fuse multi-modal sensor measurements received at different time instants and different frequencies, we estimate the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-02-16 Jiajun Lv , Xiaolei Lang , Jinhong Xu , Mengmeng Wang , Yong Liu , Xingxing Zuo

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…

Image based reconstruction of urban environments is a challenging problem that deals with optimization of large number of variables, and has several sources of errors like the presence of dynamic objects. Since most large scale approaches…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-04-29 N. Dinesh Reddy , Prateek Singhal , Visesh Chari , K. Madhava Krishna

The current optimization approaches of construction machinery are mainly based on internal sensors. However, the decision of a reasonable strategy is not only determined by its intrinsic signals, but also very strongly by environmental…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-11-06 Yusheng Xiang , Dianzhao Li , Tianqing Su , Quan Zhou , Christine Brach , Samuel S. Mao , Marcus Geimer

Embodied agents require robust navigation systems to operate in unstructured environments, making the robustness of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) models critical to embodied agent autonomy. While real-world datasets are…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-25 Xiaohao Xu , Tianyi Zhang , Sibo Wang , Xiang Li , Yongqi Chen , Ye Li , Bhiksha Raj , Matthew Johnson-Roberson , Xiaonan Huang

Point cloud maps generated via LiDAR sensors using extensive remotely sensed data are commonly used by autonomous vehicles and robots for localization and navigation. However, dynamic objects contained in point cloud maps not only downgrade…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-02-29 Feiya Li , Chunyun Fu , Dongye Sun , Jian Li , Jianwen Wang

The development of data innovation as of late and the expanded limit, has permitted the acquaintance of artificial vision connected with SLAM, offering ascend to what is known as Visual SLAM. The objective of this paper is to build up a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-19 V. I Mebin Jose , D. J Binoj

As autonomous cars are rolled out into new environments, their ability to solve the simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) problem becomes critical. In order to tackle this problem, autonomous vehicles rely on sensor suites that…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-07-22 Anne Collin , Antonio Terán Espinoza

Semantic SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) systems enrich robot maps with structural and semantic information, enabling robots to operate more effectively in complex environments. However, these systems struggle in real-world…