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Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) based on laser sensors has been widely adopted by mobile robots and autonomous vehicles. These SLAM systems are required to support accurate localization with limited computational resources. In…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-01 Yifan Duan , Jie Peng , Yu Zhang , Jianmin Ji , Yanyong Zhang

Reliable robot pose estimation is a key building block of many robot autonomy pipelines, with LiDAR localization being an active research domain. In this work, a versatile self-supervised LiDAR odometry estimation method is presented, in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-06-28 Julian Nubert , Shehryar Khattak , Marco Hutter

This paper introduces Dr-PoGO, a method for Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) using a 2D spinning radar. Unlike cameras or lidars that require line-of-sight, millimetre-wave radars can `see' through dust, falling snow, rain, etc.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-07 Cedric Le Gentil , Weican Li , Leonardo Brizi , Timothy D. Barfoot

An accurate and computationally efficient SLAM algorithm is vital for modern autonomous vehicles. To make a lightweight the algorithm, most SLAM systems rely on feature detection from images for vision SLAM or point cloud for laser-based…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-22 Waqas Ali , Peilin Liu , Rendong Ying , Zheng Gong

Recent advancements in Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) have increasingly highlighted the robustness of LiDAR-based techniques. At the same time, Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) have introduced new possibilities for 3D scene…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-27 Qi Zhang , He Wang , Ru Li , Wenbin Li

LiDAR odometry is one of the essential parts of LiDAR simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). However, existing LiDAR odometry tends to match a new scan simply iteratively with previous fixed-pose scans, gradually accumulating errors.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-09-20 Letian Zhang , Jinping Wang , Lu Jie , Nanjie Chen , Xiaojun Tan , Zhifei Duan

LiDAR odometry and mapping (LOAM) has been playing an important role in autonomous vehicles, due to its ability to simultaneously localize the robot's pose and build high-precision, high-resolution maps of the surrounding environment. This…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-09-17 Jiarong Lin , Fu Zhang

The SLAM system based on static scene assumption will introduce huge estimation errors when moving objects appear in the field of view. This paper proposes a novel multi-object dynamic lidar odometry (MLO) based on semantic object detection…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-03 Tingchen Ma , Yongsheng Ou

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

We propose a novel real-time LiDAR intensity image-based simultaneous localization and mapping method , which addresses the geometry degeneracy problem in unstructured environments. Traditional LiDAR-based front-end odometry mostly relies…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Wenqiang Du , Giovanni Beltrame

Solid-state LiDAR-inertial SLAM has attracted significant attention due to its advantages in speed and robustness. However, achieving accurate mapping in extreme environments remains challenging due to severe geometric degeneracy and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-29 Zhi Zhang , Chalermchon Satirapod , Bingtao Ma , Changjun Gu

This paper describes an end-to-end pipeline for tree diameter estimation based on semantic segmentation and lidar odometry and mapping. Accurate mapping of this type of environment is challenging since the ground and the trees are…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-01-01 Steven W. Chen , Guilherme V. Nardari , Elijah S. Lee , Chao Qu , Xu Liu , Roseli A. F. Romero , Vijay Kumar

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) approaches for mobile robots remains challenging in forest or arboreal fruit farming environments, where tree canopies obstruct Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) signals. Unlike indoor…

SLAM (Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping) is a crucial component for robotic systems, providing a map of an environment, the current location and previous trajectory of a robot. While 3D LiDAR SLAM has received notable improvements in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-29 Leon Davies , Baihua Li , Mohamad Saada , Simon Sølvsten , Qinggang Meng

In this study, we propose a novel parallel processing method for point cloud ground segmentation, aimed at the technology evolution from mechanical to solid-state Lidar (SSL). We first benchmark point-based, grid-based, and range…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-19 Xiao Zhang , Zhanhong Huang , Garcia Gonzalez Antony , Xinming Huang

This paper introduces a 3D point cloud sequence learning model based on inconsistent spatio-temporal propagation for LiDAR odometry, termed DSLO. It consists of a pyramid structure with a spatial information reuse strategy, a sequential…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Huixin Zhang , Guangming Wang , Xinrui Wu , Chenfeng Xu , Mingyu Ding , Masayoshi Tomizuka , Wei Zhan , Hesheng Wang

We present an efficient multi-sensor odometry system for mobile platforms that jointly optimizes visual, lidar, and inertial information within a single integrated factor graph. This runs in real-time at full framerate using fixed lag…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-02-18 David Wisth , Marco Camurri , Sandipan Das , Maurice Fallon

In the field of 3D perception using 3D LiDAR sensors, ground segmentation is an essential task for various purposes, such as traversable area detection and object recognition. Under these circumstances, several ground segmentation methods…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-28 Seungjae Lee , Hyungtae Lim , Hyun Myung

Recently, 4D millimetre-wave radar exhibits more stable perception ability than LiDAR and camera under adverse conditions (e.g. rain and fog). However, low-quality radar points hinder its application, especially the odometry task that…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-04 Zhiheng Li , Yubo Cui , Ningyuan Huang , Chenglin Pang , Zheng Fang

The ubiquitous planes and structural consistency are the most apparent features of indoor multi-story Buildings compared with outdoor environments. In this paper, we propose a tightly coupled LiDAR-Inertial 3D SLAM framework with plane…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-02-18 Jiashi Zhang , Chengyang Zhang , Jun Wu , Jianxiang Jin , Qiuguo Zhu