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LiDAR-based 3D object detection plays a crucial role in modern autonomous driving systems. LiDAR data often exhibit severe changes in properties across different observation ranges. In this paper, we explore cross-range adaptation for 3D…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-09-27 Ze Wang , Sihao Ding , Ying Li , Minming Zhao , Sohini Roychowdhury , Andreas Wallin , Guillermo Sapiro , Qiang Qiu

In many applications, maintaining a consistent map of the environment is key to enabling robotic platforms to perform higher-level decision making. Detection of already visited locations is one of the primary ways in which map consistency…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-08-07 Alexander Millane , Helen Oleynikova , Juan Nieto , Roland Siegwart , César Cadena

Moving object detection and segmentation is an essential task in the Autonomous Driving pipeline. Detecting and isolating static and moving components of a vehicle's surroundings are particularly crucial in path planning and localization…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-01-25 Sambit Mohapatra , Mona Hodaei , Senthil Yogamani , Stefan Milz , Heinrich Gotzig , Martin Simon , Hazem Rashed , Patrick Maeder

Drones can inspect overhead power lines while they remain energized, significantly simplifying the inspection process. However, localizing a drone relative to all conductors using an onboard LiDAR sensor presents several challenges: (1)…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-27 Alexandre Girard , Steven A. Parkison , Philippe Hamelin

Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) has been widely used in autonomous vehicles for perception and localization. However, the cost of a high-resolution LiDAR is still prohibitively expensive, while its low-resolution counterpart is much…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-05-05 Lin Bai , Yiming Zhao , Xinming Huang

Pose estimation purely based on 3D point-cloud could suffer from degradation, e.g. scan blocks or scans in repetitive environments. To deal with this problem, we propose an approach for fusing 3D spinning LiDAR and IMU to estimate the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-10-20 Haoyang Ye , Ming Liu

This paper presents a novel framework for robust 3D object detection from point clouds via cross-modal hallucination. Our proposed approach is agnostic to either hallucination direction between LiDAR and 4D radar. We introduce multiple…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-13 Jianning Deng , Gabriel Chan , Hantao Zhong , Chris Xiaoxuan Lu

As we move through the world, the pattern of light projected on our eyes is complex and dynamic, yet we are still able to distinguish between moving and stationary objects. We propose that humans accomplish this by exploiting constraints…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2025-05-14 Hope Lutwak , Bas Rokers , Eero P. Simoncelli

3D object detection is a central task for applications such as autonomous driving, in which the system needs to localize and classify surrounding traffic agents, even in the presence of adverse weather. In this paper, we address the problem…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-06-07 Martin Hahner , Christos Sakaridis , Mario Bijelic , Felix Heide , Fisher Yu , Dengxin Dai , Luc Van Gool

Off-road robotics have traditionally utilized lidar for local navigation due to its accuracy and high resolution. However, the limitations of lidar, such as reduced performance in harsh environmental conditions and limited range, have…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-27 Timothy Overbye , Srikanth Saripalli

In this work, we present LaserFlow, an efficient method for 3D object detection and motion forecasting from LiDAR. Unlike the previous work, our approach utilizes the native range view representation of the LiDAR, which enables our method…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-19 Gregory P. Meyer , Jake Charland , Shreyash Pandey , Ankit Laddha , Shivam Gautam , Carlos Vallespi-Gonzalez , Carl K. Wellington

In this study, we present a novel LiDAR-based semantic segmentation framework tailored for autonomous forklifts operating in complex outdoor environments. Central to our approach is the integration of a dual LiDAR system, which combines…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-29 Benjamin Serfling , Hannes Reichert , Lorenzo Bayerlein , Konrad Doll , Kati Radkhah-Lens

In the realm of modern autonomous driving, the perception system is indispensable for accurately assessing the state of the surrounding environment, thereby enabling informed prediction and planning. The key step to this system is related…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-16 Ziying Song , Lin Liu , Feiyang Jia , Yadan Luo , Guoxin Zhang , Lei Yang , Li Wang , Caiyan Jia

Recently, the progress in the radar sensing technology consisting in the miniaturization of the packages and increase in measuring precision has drawn the interest of the robotics research community. Indeed, a crucial task enabling autonomy…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-05 Jan Michalczyk

Many mobile robots rely on 2D laser scanners for localization, mapping, and navigation. However, those sensors are unable to correctly provide distance to obstacles such as glass panels and tables whose actual occupancy is invisible at the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-03-12 Jens Lundell , Francesco Verdoja , Ville Kyrki

In this paper, we propose a method of targetless and automatic Camera-LiDAR calibration. Our approach is an extension of hand-eye calibration framework to 2D-3D calibration. By using the sensor fusion odometry method, the scaled camera…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-04-17 Ryoichi Ishikawa , Takeshi Oishi , Katsushi Ikeuchi

In the recent decade, electronic technology gets advanced day by day the methodologies too should update. For the purpose of ranging various methods such Radio Detection and Ranging (RADAR), Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) and Sonic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-06-28 Md Ziaul Haque Zim , Nimai Chandra Das

This paper is about 3D pose estimation on LiDAR scans with extremely minimal storage requirements to enable scalable mapping and localisation. We achieve this by clustering all points of segmented scans into semantic objects and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-08 Georgi Pramatarov , Matthew Gadd , Paul Newman , Daniele De Martini

Robots and autonomous vehicles should be aware of what happens in their surroundings. The segmentation and tracking of moving objects are essential for reliable path planning, including collision avoidance. We investigate this estimation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Matthias Zeller , Daniel Casado Herraez , Jens Behley , Michael Heidingsfeld , Cyrill Stachniss

Safe mobility for unmanned ground vehicles requires reliable detection of other vehicles, along with precise estimates of their locations and trajectories. Here we describe the algorithms and system we have developed for accurate trajectory…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-09-26 Daniel Morris , Paul Haley , William Zachar , Steve McLean