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Robots operating in the open world encounter various different environments that can substantially differ from each other. This domain gap also poses a challenge for Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) being one of the fundamental…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-14 Niclas Vödisch , Daniele Cattaneo , Wolfram Burgard , Abhinav Valada

(Visual) Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) remains a fundamental challenge in enabling autonomous systems to navigate and understand large-scale environments. Traditional SLAM approaches struggle to balance efficiency and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-31 Tian Yi Lim , Boyang Sun , Marc Pollefeys , Hermann Blum

Due to the complicated procedure and costly hardware, Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) has been heavily dependent on public datasets for drill and evaluation, leading to many impressive demos and good benchmark scores. However,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Yuanzhi Liu , Yujia Fu , Fengdong Chen , Bart Goossens , Wei Tao , Hui Zhao

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is a fundamental capability required by most autonomous systems. In this paper, we address the problem of loop closing for SLAM based on 3D laser scans recorded by autonomous cars. Our approach…

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

This work presents an extension of graph-based SLAM methods to exploit the potential of 3D laser scans for loop detection. Every high-dimensional point cloud is replaced by a compact global descriptor, whereby a trained detector decides…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-07-12 Tim-Lukas Habich , Marvin Stuede , Mathieu Labbé , Svenja Spindeldreier

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is a foundational state estimation problem in robotics in which a robot accurately constructs a map of its environment while also localizing itself within this construction. We study the active…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-24 Ilir Gusija , Fady Alajaji , Serdar Yüksel

Loop closure detection, the task of identifying locations revisited by a robot in a sequence of odometry and perceptual observations, is typically formulated as a combination of two subtasks: (1) bag-of-words image retrieval and (2)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-09-28 Kanji Tanaka

Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) is a task to estimate the robot location and to reconstruct the environment based on observation from sensors such as LIght Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) and camera. It is widely used in robotic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-02-18 Han Wang , Chen Wang , Lihua Xie

Imaging radar is an emerging sensor modality in the context of Localization and Mapping (SLAM), especially suitable for vision-obstructed environments. This article investigates the use of 4D imaging radars for SLAM and analyzes the…

Deep learning based localization and mapping has recently attracted significant attention. Instead of creating hand-designed algorithms through exploitation of physical models or geometric theories, deep learning based solutions provide an…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-07-01 Changhao Chen , Bing Wang , Chris Xiaoxuan Lu , Niki Trigoni , Andrew Markham

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) in large-scale, unknown, and complex subterranean environments is a challenging problem. Sensors must operate in off-nominal conditions; uneven and slippery terrains make wheel odometry…

Motivated by the tremendous progress we witnessed in recent years, this paper presents a survey of the scientific literature on the topic of Collaborative Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (C-SLAM), also known as multi-robot SLAM. With…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-08-03 Pierre-Yves Lajoie , Benjamin Ramtoula , Fang Wu , Giovanni Beltrame

As an essential component of visual simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), place recognition is crucial for robot navigation and autonomous driving. Existing methods often formulate visual place recognition as feature matching, which…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-02-25 Han Wang , Chen Wang , Lihua Xie

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is the process of constructing a global model of an environment from local observations of it; this is a foundational capability for mobile robots, supporting such core functions as planning,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-10 David M. Rosen , Kevin J. Doherty , Antonio Teran Espinoza , John J. Leonard

Enabling robots to understand the world in terms of objects is a critical building block towards higher level autonomy. The success of foundation models in vision has created the ability to segment and identify nearly all objects in the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-09 Kurran Singh , Tim Magoun , John J. Leonard

One of the main challenges in the Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) loop closure problem is the recognition of previously visited places. In this work, we tackle the two main problems of real-time SLAM systems: 1) loop closure…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Mohammad-Maher Nakshbandi , Ziad Sharawy , Sorin Grigorescu

The Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) problem addresses the possibility of a robot to localize itself in an unknown environment and simultaneously build a consistent map of this environment. Recently, cameras have been…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-06-02 Hudson M. S. Bruno , Esther L. Colombini

Recent work has shown impressive localization performance using only images of ground textures taken with a downward facing monocular camera. This provides a reliable navigation method that is robust to feature sparse environments and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-13 Kyle M. Hart , Brendan Englot , Ryan P. O'Shea , John D. Kelly , David Martinez

Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (vSLAM) is a widely used technique in robotics and computer vision that enables a robot to create a map of an unfamiliar environment using a camera sensor while simultaneously tracking its…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-10 Yasaman Haghighi , Suryansh Kumar , Jean-Philippe Thiran , Luc Van Gool