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This paper proposes a deep-learning-based method for recovering a signed distance function (SDF) of a given hypersurface represented by an implicit level set function. Using the flexibility of constructing a neural network, we use an…

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This study addresses the challenge of ensuring safe spacecraft proximity operations, focusing on collision avoidance between a chaser spacecraft and a complex-geometry target spacecraft under disturbances. To ensure safety in such…

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Fast and efficient collision detection is essential for motion generation in robotics. In this paper, we propose an efficient collision detection framework based on the Signed Distance Field (SDF) of robots, seamlessly integrated with a…

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Multi-view shape reconstruction has achieved impressive progresses thanks to the latest advances in neural implicit surface rendering. However, existing methods based on signed distance function (SDF) are limited to closed surfaces, failing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-21 Yu-Tao Liu , Li Wang , Jie yang , Weikai Chen , Xiaoxu Meng , Bo Yang , Lin Gao

A good representation of a large, complex mobile robot workspace must be space-efficient yet capable of encoding relevant geometric details. When exploring unknown environments, it needs to be updatable incrementally in an online fashion.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-05 Vasileios Vasilopoulos , Suveer Garg , Jinwook Huh , Bhoram Lee , Volkan Isler

Recent works on implicit neural representations have shown promising results for multi-view surface reconstruction. However, most approaches are limited to relatively simple geometries and usually require clean object masks for…

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Over the last years collaborative robots have gained great success in manufacturing applications where human and robot work together in close proximity. However, current ISO/TS-15066-compliant implementations often limit the efficiency of…

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The success of neural fields for 3D vision tasks is now indisputable. Following this trend, several methods aiming for visual localization (e.g., SLAM) have been proposed to estimate distance or density fields using neural fields. However,…

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Signed Distance Fields (SDFs) are a fundamental representation in robot motion planning. Their configuration-space counterpart, the Configuration Space Distance Field (CDF), directly encodes distances in joint space, offering a unified…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-18 Mengzhu Li , Yunyu Zhou , He Ying , F. Richard Yu

While Signed Distance Fields (SDF) are well-established for modeling watertight surfaces, Unsigned Distance Fields (UDF) broaden the scope to include open surfaces and models with complex inner structures. Despite their flexibility, UDFs…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Cheng Xu , Fei Hou , Wencheng Wang , Hong Qin , Zhebin Zhang , Ying He

The ability to process environment maps across multiple sessions is critical for robots operating over extended periods of time. Specifically, it is desirable for autonomous agents to detect changes amongst maps of different sessions so as…

We address the problem of clothed human reconstruction from a single image or uncalibrated multi-view images. Existing methods struggle with reconstructing detailed geometry of a clothed human and often require a calibrated setting for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-04 Yukang Cao , Kai Han , Kwan-Yee K. Wong

In this paper, we develop a new method, termed SDF-3DGAN, for 3D object generation and 3D-Aware image synthesis tasks, which introduce implicit Signed Distance Function (SDF) as the 3D object representation method in the generative field.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-14 Lutao Jiang , Ruyi Ji , Libo Zhang

Implicit reconstruction of ESDF (Euclidean Signed Distance Field) involves training a neural network to regress the signed distance from any point to the nearest obstacle, which has the advantages of lightweight storage and continuous…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-09 Yufeng Yue , Yinan Deng , Jiahui Wang , Yi Yang

Unsigned Distance Functions (UDFs) can be used to represent non-watertight surfaces in a deep learning framework. However, UDFs tend to be brittle and difficult to learn, in part because the surface is located exactly where the UDF is…

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Ensuring safe robot operation in cluttered and dynamic environments remains a fundamental challenge. While control barrier functions provide an effective framework for real-time safety filtering, their performance critically depends on the…

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The reconstruction of high-quality shape geometry is crucial for developing freehand 3D ultrasound imaging. However, the shape reconstruction of multi-view ultrasound data remains challenging due to the elevation distortion caused by thick…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-15 Hongbo Chen , Yuchong Gao , Shuhang Zhang , Jiangjie Wu , Yuexin Ma , Rui Zheng

We present a novel method, called NeuralUDF, for reconstructing surfaces with arbitrary topologies from 2D images via volume rendering. Recent advances in neural rendering based reconstruction have achieved compelling results. However,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-11-28 Xiaoxiao Long , Cheng Lin , Lingjie Liu , Yuan Liu , Peng Wang , Christian Theobalt , Taku Komura , Wenping Wang

Recent advances in computer graphics and computer vision have found successful application of deep neural network models for 3D shapes based on signed distance functions (SDFs) that are useful for shape representation, retrieval, and…

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Generative AI has emerged as a transformative paradigm in engineering design, enabling automated synthesis and reconstruction of complex 3D geometries while preserving feasibility and performance relevance. This paper introduces a…

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