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Multiple object tracking (MOT), a key task in image recognition, presents a persistent challenge in balancing processing speed and tracking accuracy. This study introduces a novel approach that leverages quantum annealing (QA) to expedite…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-30 Yasuyuki Ihara

We present Kalman-filter Assisted Reinforcement Learner (KARL) for dynamic object tracking and grasping over eye-on-hand (EoH) systems, significantly expanding such systems capabilities in challenging, realistic environments. In comparison…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-23 Kowndinya Boyalakuntla , Abdeslam Boularias , Jingjin Yu

Reliable detection and tracking of surrounding objects are indispensable for comprehensive motion prediction and planning of autonomous vehicles. Due to the limitations of individual sensors, the fusion of multiple sensor modalities is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-13 Phillip Karle , Felix Fent , Sebastian Huch , Florian Sauerbeck , Markus Lienkamp

Robots and other smart devices need efficient object-based scene representations from their on-board vision systems to reason about contact, physics and occlusion. Recognized precise object models will play an important role alongside…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-04-10 Kentaro Wada , Edgar Sucar , Stephen James , Daniel Lenton , Andrew J. Davison

Precise 6D pose estimation of rigid objects from RGB images is a critical but challenging task in robotics, augmented reality and human-computer interaction. To address this problem, we propose DeepRM, a novel recurrent network architecture…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Alexander Avery , Andreas Savakis

We present RoarNet, a new approach for 3D object detection from a 2D image and 3D Lidar point clouds. Based on two-stage object detection framework with PointNet as our backbone network, we suggest several novel ideas to improve 3D object…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-11-12 Kiwoo Shin , Youngwook Paul Kwon , Masayoshi Tomizuka

Current state-of-the-art trackers often fail due to distractorsand large object appearance changes. In this work, we explore the use ofdense optical flow to improve tracking robustness. Our main insight is that, because flow estimation can…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-12 Jianing Qian , Junyu Nan , Siddharth Ancha , Brian Okorn , David Held

Mobile autonomy relies on the precise perception of dynamic environments. Robustly tracking moving objects in 3D world thus plays a pivotal role for applications like trajectory prediction, obstacle avoidance, and path planning. While most…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-14 Zhijun Pan , Fangqiang Ding , Hantao Zhong , Chris Xiaoxuan Lu

Autonomous systems need to localize and track surrounding objects in 3D space for safe motion planning. As a result, 3D multi-object tracking (MOT) plays a vital role in autonomous navigation. Most MOT methods use a tracking-by-detection…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-11-26 Can Chen , Luca Zanotti Fragonara , Antonios Tsourdos

A key technical challenge in performing 6D object pose estimation from RGB-D image is to fully leverage the two complementary data sources. Prior works either extract information from the RGB image and depth separately or use costly…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-01-16 Chen Wang , Danfei Xu , Yuke Zhu , Roberto Martín-Martín , Cewu Lu , Li Fei-Fei , Silvio Savarese

Localization plays a critical role in the field of distributed swarm robotics. Previous work has highlighted the potential of relative localization for position tracking in multi-robot systems. Ultra-wideband (UWB) technology provides a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-22 Salma Ichekhlef , Étienne Villemure , Shokoufeh Naderi , François Ferland , Maude Blondin

Optical flow estimation aims to find the 2D motion field by identifying corresponding pixels between two images. Despite the tremendous progress of deep learning-based optical flow methods, it remains a challenge to accurately estimate…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-04-01 Xiuchao Sui , Shaohua Li , Xue Geng , Yan Wu , Xinxing Xu , Yong Liu , Rick Goh , Hongyuan Zhu

Region-based methods have become increasingly popular for model-based, monocular 3D tracking of texture-less objects in cluttered scenes. However, while they achieve state-of-the-art results, most methods are computationally expensive,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-03-01 Manuel Stoiber , Martin Pfanne , Klaus H. Strobl , Rudolph Triebel , Alin Albu-Schäffer

The problem of multi-object tracking is a fundamental computer vision research focus, widely used in public safety, transport, autonomous vehicles, robotics, and other regions involving artificial intelligence. Because of the complexity of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-10-20 Kai Ren , Chuanping Hu

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is critical to the implementation of autonomous driving. Most LiDAR-inertial SLAM algorithms assume a static environment, leading to unreliable localization in dynamic environments. Moreover, the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Zhongyang Zhu , Junqiao Zhao , Kai Huang , Xuebo Tian , Jiaye Lin , Chen Ye

In this paper we propose a novel method for estimating rigid body motion by modeling the object state directly in the space of the rigid body motion group SE(2). It has been recently observed that a noisy manoeuvring object in SE(2)…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-08-21 Josip Cesic , Ivan Markovic , Ivan Petrovic

3D multi-object tracking (MOT) is essential to applications such as autonomous driving. Recent work focuses on developing accurate systems giving less attention to computational cost and system complexity. In contrast, this work proposes a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-08-19 Xinshuo Weng , Jianren Wang , David Held , Kris Kitani

Multi-object tracking plays a crucial role in various applications, such as autonomous driving and security surveillance. This study introduces Deep LG-Track, a novel multi-object tracker that incorporates three key enhancements to improve…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-03 Ting Meng , Chunyun Fu , Xiangyan Yan , Zheng Liang , Pan Ji , Jianwen Wang , Tao Huang

The challenge of 3D multi-object tracking is achieving robustness in real-world applications, for example under adverse conditions and maintaining consistency as distance increases. To overcome these challenges, sensor fusion approaches…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-22 Bingxue Xu , Emil Hedemalm , Ajinkya Khoche , Patric Jensfelt

Target detection and tracking provides crucial information for motion planning and decision making in autonomous driving. This paper proposes an online multi-object tracking (MOT) framework with tracking-by-detection for maneuvering…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-12-03 Zehui Meng , Qi Heng Ho , Zefan Huang , Hongliang Guo , Marcelo H. Ang , Daniela Rus