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Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is a fundamental task to mobile and aerial robotics. LiDAR based systems have proven to be superior compared to vision based systems due to its accuracy and robustness. In spite of its…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-03-01 Weizhao Shao , Srinivasan Vijayarangan , Cong Li , George Kantor

Despite having achieved real-time performance in mesh construction, most of the current LiDAR odometry and meshing methods may struggle to deal with complex scenes due to relying on explicit meshing schemes. They are usually sensitive to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-27 Yanjin Zhu , Xin Zheng , Jianke Zhu

Robust SLAM is a crucial enabler for autonomous navigation in natural, semi-structured environments such as parks and gardens. However, these environments present unique challenges for SLAM due to frequent seasonal changes, varying light…

We present a novel spectral learning algorithm for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) from range data with known correspondences. This algorithm is an instance of a general spectral system identification framework, from which it…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2012-07-12 Byron Boots , Geoffrey J. Gordon

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) in highly dynamic environments is challenging due to the correlation complexity between moving objects and the camera pose. Many methods have been proposed to deal with this problem; however, the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-17 Tuan Dang , Khang Nguyen , Mandfred Huber

With the wide penetration of smart robots in multifarious fields, Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) technique in robotics has attracted growing attention in the community. Yet collaborating SLAM over multiple robots still remains…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-01-25 Peng Huang , Liekang Zeng , Xu Chen , Ke Luo , Zhi Zhou , Shuai Yu

In robot localisation and mapping, outliers are unavoidable when loop-closure measurements are taken into account. A single false-positive loop-closure can have a very negative impact on SLAM problems causing an inferior trajectory to be…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-06 Milad Ramezani , Matias Mattamala , Maurice Fallon

Neural implicit representations have recently shown promising progress in dense Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM). However, existing works have shortcomings in terms of reconstruction quality and real-time performance, mainly due…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-14 Zhen Hong , Bowen Wang , Haoran Duan , Yawen Huang , Xiong Li , Zhenyu Wen , Xiang Wu , Wei Xiang , Yefeng Zheng

Accuracy evaluation of a 3D pointcloud map is crucial for the development of autonomous driving systems. In this work, we propose a user-independent software/hardware system that can quantitatively evaluate the accuracy of a 3D pointcloud…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-20 Sanghyun Hahn , Seunghun Oh , Minwoo Jung , Ayoung Kim , Sangwoo Jung

3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) has gained significant attention for its application in dense Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), enabling real-time rendering and high-fidelity mapping. However, existing 3DGS-based SLAM methods often…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-18 Ziheng Xu , Qingfeng Li , Chen Chen , Xuefeng Liu , Jianwei Niu

We present a real-time tracking SLAM system that unifies efficient camera tracking with photorealistic feature-enriched mapping using 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS). Our main contribution is integrating dense feature rasterization into the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-23 Christopher Thirgood , Oscar Mendez , Erin Ling , Jon Storey , Simon Hadfield

Visual understanding of 3D environments in real-time, at low power, is a huge computational challenge. Often referred to as SLAM (Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping), it is central to applications spanning domestic and industrial…

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

We present a real-time object-based SLAM system that leverages the largest object database to date. Our approach comprises two main components: 1) a monocular SLAM algorithm that exploits object rigidity constraints to improve the map and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2015-04-10 Dorian Gálvez-López , Marta Salas , Juan D. Tardós , J. M. M. Montiel

The mobile robot relies on SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) to provide autonomous navigation and task execution in complex and unknown environments. However, it is hard to develop a dedicated algorithm for mobile robots due to…

Traditional Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) systems often face limitations including coarse rendering quality, insufficient recovery of scene details, and poor robustness in dynamic environments. 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS),…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-05 Li Wang , Ruixuan Gong , Yumo Han , Lei Yang , Lu Yang , Ying Li , Bin Xu , Huaping Liu , Rong Fu

The visual simultaneous localization and mapping(vSLAM) is widely used in GPS-denied and open field environments for ground and surface robots. However, due to the frequent perception failures derived from lacking visual texture or the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-05-23 Zhihao Wang , Haoyao Chen , Shiwu Zhang , Yunjiang Lou

Autonomous robots in orchards require real-time 3D scene understanding despite repetitive row geometry, seasonal appearance changes, and wind-driven foliage motion. We present AgriGS-SLAM, a Visual--LiDAR SLAM framework that couples direct…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-31 Mirko Usuelli , David Rapado-Rincon , Gert Kootstra , Matteo Matteucci

Monocular simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is emerging in advanced driver assistance systems and autonomous driving, because a single camera is cheap and easy to install. Conventional monocular SLAM has two major challenges…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-12-16 Jinkyu Lee , Muhyun Back , Sung Soo Hwang , Il Yong Chun

Efficient multi-agent 3D mapping is essential for robotic teams operating in unknown environments, but dense representations hinder real-time exchange over constrained communication links. In multi-agent Simultaneous Localization and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-02 Monica M. Q. Li , Pierre-Yves Lajoie , Jialiang Liu , Giovanni Beltrame