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This paper presents a robust monocular visual SLAM system that simultaneously utilizes point, line, and vanishing point features for accurate camera pose estimation and mapping. To address the critical challenge of achieving reliable…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-13 Bingzheng Jiang , Jiayuan Wang , Han Ding , Lijun Zhu

Estimating absolute camera orientations is essential for attitude estimation tasks. An established approach is to first carry out visual odometry (VO) or visual SLAM (V-SLAM), and retrieve the camera orientations (3 DOF) from the camera…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-06 Chee-Kheng Chng , Alvaro Parra , Tat-Jun Chin , Yasir Latif

The integration of neural rendering and the SLAM system recently showed promising results in joint localization and photorealistic view reconstruction. However, existing methods, fully relying on implicit representations, are so…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-09 Huajian Huang , Longwei Li , Hui Cheng , Sai-Kit Yeung

Many monocular visual SLAM algorithms are derived from incremental structure-from-motion (SfM) methods. This work proposes a novel monocular SLAM method which integrates recent advances made in global SfM. In particular, we present two main…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-10-20 Chengzhou Tang , Oliver Wang , Ping Tan

This paper presents a novel approach to visual simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) using multiple RGB-D cameras. The proposed method, Multicam-SLAM, significantly enhances the robustness and accuracy of SLAM systems by capturing…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-06-25 Shenghao Li , Luchao Pang , Xianglong Hu

Accurate localization and tracking are a fundamental requirement for robotic applications. Localization systems like GPS, optical tracking, simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) are used for daily life activities, research, and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-07-07 Yanjun Cao , Chenhao Yang , Rui Li , Alois Knoll , Giovanni Beltrame

Vision-based Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (VSLAM) is a mature problem in Robotics. Most VSLAM systems are feature based methods, which are robust and present high accuracy, but yield sparse maps with limited application for further…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-09-10 Juan Jose Tarrio , Claus Smitt , Sol Pedre

We present UbiSLAM, an innovative solution for real-time mapping and localization in dynamic indoor environments. By deploying a network of fixed RGB-D cameras strategically throughout the workspace, UbiSLAM addresses limitations commonly…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Halim Djerroud , Nico Steyn , Olivier Rabreau , Patrick Bonnin , Abderraouf Benali

For VSLAM (Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping), localization is a challenging task, especially for some challenging situations: textureless frames, motion blur, etc.. To build a robust exploration and localization system in a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-07-04 Weinan Chen , Lei Zhu , Yisheng Guan , C. Ronald Kube , Hong Zhang

Simultaneous Localization & Mapping (SLAM) is the process of building a mutual relationship between localization and mapping of the subject in its surrounding environment. With the help of different sensors, various types of SLAM systems…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-11-04 Rushmian Annoy Wadud , Wei Sun

SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) and Odometry are important systems for estimating the position of mobile devices, such as robots and cars, utilizing one or more sensors. Particularly in camera-based SLAM or Odometry,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-20 Sanghyun Park , Soohee Han

Monocular visual SLAM has become an attractive practical approach for robot localization and 3D environment mapping, since cameras are small, lightweight, inexpensive, and produce high-rate, high-resolution data streams. Although numerous…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-06-08 Hasnain Vohra , Maxim Bazik , Matthew Antone , Joseph Mundy , William Stephenson

The assumption of scene rigidity is typical in SLAM algorithms. Such a strong assumption limits the use of most visual SLAM systems in populated real-world environments, which are the target of several relevant applications like service…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-08-16 Berta Bescos , José M. Fácil , Javier Civera , José Neira

This paper demonstrates a system capable of combining a sparse, indirect, monocular visual SLAM, with both offline and real-time Multi-View Stereo (MVS) reconstruction algorithms. This combination overcomes many obstacles encountered by…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-11-09 Fangwen Shu , Paul Lesur , Yaxu Xie , Alain Pagani , Didier Stricker

The real-world deployment of fully autonomous mobile robots depends on a robust SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) system, capable of handling dynamic environments, where objects are moving in front of the robot, and changing…

Many applications of Visual SLAM, such as augmented reality, virtual reality, robotics or autonomous driving, require versatile, robust and precise solutions, most often with real-time capability. In this work, we describe OV$^{2}$SLAM, a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-02-09 Maxime Ferrera , Alexandre Eudes , Julien Moras , Martial Sanfourche , Guy Le Besnerais

Advancing maturity in mobile and legged robotics technologies is changing the landscapes where robots are being deployed and found. This innovation calls for a transformation in simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) systems to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-08-09 Alexey Merzlyakov , Steve Macenski

In this paper, we present a novel tightly-coupled probabilistic monocular visual-odometric Simultaneous Localization and Mapping algorithm using wheels and a MEMS gyroscope, which can provide accurate, robust and long-term localization for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-02-24 Meixiang Quan , Songhao Piao , Minglang Tan , Shi-Sheng Huang

In the context of robotic underwater operations, the visual degradations induced by the medium properties make difficult the exclusive use of cameras for localization purpose. Hence, most localization methods are based on expensive…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-02-28 Maxime Ferrera , Julien Moras , Pauline Trouvé-Peloux , Vincent Creuze

This paper presents ORB-SLAM3, the first system able to perform visual, visual-inertial and multi-map SLAM with monocular, stereo and RGB-D cameras, using pin-hole and fisheye lens models. The first main novelty is a feature-based…