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The mobile robot relies on SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) to provide autonomous navigation and task execution in complex and unknown environments. However, it is hard to develop a dedicated algorithm for mobile robots due to…

In this work, we propose a simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) system using a monocular camera and Ultra-wideband (UWB) sensors. Our system, referred to as VRSLAM, is a multi-stage framework that leverages the strengths and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-21 Thien Hoang Nguyen , Shenghai Yuan , Lihua Xie

This paper presents the first photo-realistic LiDAR-Inertial-Camera Gaussian Splatting SLAM system that simultaneously addresses visual quality, geometric accuracy, and real-time performance. The proposed method performs robust and accurate…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-10 Xiaolei Lang , Jiajun Lv , Kai Tang , Laijian Li , Jianxin Huang , Lina Liu , Yong Liu , Xingxing Zuo

Precise, seamless, and efficient train localization as well as long-term railway environment monitoring is the essential property towards reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety (RAMS) engineering for railroad systems.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-30 Yusheng Wang , Weiwei Song , Yi Zhang , Fei Huang , Zhiyong Tu , Ruoying Li , Shimin Zhang , Yidong Lou

Multi-modal sensor integration has become a crucial prerequisite for the real-world navigation systems. Recent studies have reported successful deployment of such system in many fields. However, it is still challenging for navigation tasks…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-08-23 Yusheng Wang , Yidong Lou , Weiwei Song , Bing Zhan , Feihuang Xia , Qigeng Duan

We address automotive odometry for low-speed driving and parking, where centimeter-level accuracy is required due to tight spaces and nearby obstacles. Traditional methods using inertial-measurement units and wheel encoders require…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-05 Luis Diener , Jens Kalkkuhl , Markus Enzweiler

In this study, we present a novel simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) system, VIMS, designed for underwater navigation. Conventional visual-inertial state estimators encounter significant practical challenges in perceptually…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-19 Bingbing Zhang , Huan Yin , Shuo Liu , Fumin Zhang , Wen Xu

In this paper, we evaluate eight popular and open-source 3D Lidar and visual SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) algorithms, namely LOAM, Lego LOAM, LIO SAM, HDL Graph, ORB SLAM3, Basalt VIO, and SVO2. We have devised experiments…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-08-04 Bharath Garigipati , Nataliya Strokina , Reza Ghabcheloo

Local geometric information, i.e. normal and distribution of points, is crucial for LiDAR-based simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) because it provides constraints for data association, which further determines the direction of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-12 Kai Huang , Junqiao Zhao , Zhongyang Zhu , Chen Ye , Tiantian Feng

Event-based visual odometry is a specific branch of visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) techniques, which aims at solving tracking and mapping subproblems (typically in parallel), by exploiting the special working principles…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Junkai Niu , Sheng Zhong , Xiuyuan Lu , Shaojie Shen , Guillermo Gallego , Yi Zhou

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is an essential component of autonomous robotic applications and self-driving vehicles, enabling them to understand and operate in their environment. Many SLAM systems have been proposed in the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-01-14 Lorenzo Montano-Oliván , Julio A. Placed , Luis Montano , María T. Lázaro

This paper proposes a 3D LiDAR SLAM algorithm named Ground-SLAM, which exploits grounds in structured multi-floor environments to compress the pose drift mainly caused by LiDAR measurement bias. Ground-SLAM is developed based on the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-08 Xin Wei , Jixin Lv , Jie Sun , Shiliang Pu

Accurate and robust localization and mapping are essential components for most autonomous robots. In this paper, we propose a SLAM system for building globally consistent maps, called PIN-SLAM, that is based on an elastic and compact…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-03 Yue Pan , Xingguang Zhong , Louis Wiesmann , Thorbjörn Posewsky , Jens Behley , Cyrill Stachniss

Achieving real-time Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) based on 3D Gaussian splatting (3DGS) in large-scale real-world environments remains challenging, as existing methods still struggle to jointly achieve low-latency pose…

LiDAR-based SLAM is recognized as one effective method to offer localization guidance in rough environments. However, off-the-shelf LiDAR-based SLAM methods suffer from significant pose estimation drifts, particularly components relevant to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-01-07 Yinchuan Wang , Bin Ren , Xiang Zhang , Pengyu Wang , Chaoqun Wang , Rui Song , Yibin Li , Max Q. -H. Meng

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is essential for mobile robotics, enabling autonomous navigation in dynamic, unstructured outdoor environments without relying on external positioning systems. These environments pose significant…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-11 Fabian Schmidt , Constantin Blessing , Markus Enzweiler , Abhinav Valada

Spatially inhomogeneous magnetic fields offer a valuable, non-visual information source for positioning. Among systems leveraging this, magnetic field-based simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) systems are particularly attractive.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Chuan Huang , Gustaf Hendeby , Isaac Skog

This paper presents Lidar-based Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) for autonomous driving vehicles. Fusing data from landmark sensors and a strap-down Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) in an adaptive Kalman filter (KF) plus the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-08-26 Farhad Aghili

The Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) problem has been well studied in the robotics community, especially using mono, stereo cameras or depth sensors. 3D depth sensors, such as Velodyne LiDAR, have proved in the last 10 years to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-02-26 Jean-Emmanuel Deschaud

Robust and accurate state estimation remains a challenge in robotics, Augmented, and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), even as Visual-Inertial Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (VI-SLAM) getting commoditised. Here, a full VI-SLAM system is…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-15 Stefan Leutenegger