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Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) stands as one of the critical challenges in robot navigation. A SLAM system often consists of a front-end component for motion estimation and a back-end system for eliminating estimation drifts.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Taimeng Fu , Shaoshu Su , Yiren Lu , Chen Wang

Existing simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithms are not robust in challenging low-texture environments because there are only few salient features. The resulting sparse or semi-dense map also conveys little information for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-03-22 Shichao Yang , Yu Song , Michael Kaess , Sebastian Scherer

We present a novel spectral learning algorithm for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) from range data with known correspondences. This algorithm is an instance of a general spectral system identification framework, from which it…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2012-07-12 Byron Boots , Geoffrey J. Gordon

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) remains challenging for a number of downstream applications, such as visual robot navigation, because of rapid turns, featureless walls, and poor camera quality. We introduce the Differentiable…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-05-20 Peter Karkus , Shaojun Cai , David Hsu

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

As the foundation of driverless vehicle and intelligent robots, Simultaneous Localization and Mapping(SLAM) has attracted much attention these days. However, non-geometric modules of traditional SLAM algorithms are limited by data…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-01-25 Rong Kang , Jieqi Shi , Xueming Li , Yang Liu , Xiao Liu

Recent research on Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) based on implicit representation has shown promising results in indoor environments. However, there are still some challenges: the limited scene representation capability of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-19 Wenhua Wu , Guangming Wang , Ting Deng , Sebastian Aegidius , Stuart Shanks , Valerio Modugno , Dimitrios Kanoulas , Hesheng Wang

Neural implicit representations have recently demonstrated compelling results on dense Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) but suffer from the accumulation of errors in camera tracking and distortion in the reconstruction.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-09-06 Youmin Zhang , Fabio Tosi , Stefano Mattoccia , Matteo Poggi

Place recognition is key to Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) and spatial perception. However, a place recognition in the wild often suffers from erroneous predictions due to image variations, e.g., changing viewpoints and street…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-09-14 Kaiwen Cai , Chris Xiaoxuan Lu , Xiaowei Huang

Visual SLAM is essential for mobile robots, drone navigation, and VR/AR, but traditional RGB camera systems struggle in low-light conditions, driving interest in thermal SLAM, which excels in such environments. However, thermal imaging…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-27 Yangfan Xu , Qu Hao , Lilian Zhang , Jun Mao , Xiaofeng He , Wenqi Wu , Changhao Chen

We consider the problem of dense depth prediction from a sparse set of depth measurements and a single RGB image. Since depth estimation from monocular images alone is inherently ambiguous and unreliable, to attain a higher level of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-02-27 Fangchang Ma , Sertac Karaman

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is one of the most essential techniques in many real-world robotic applications. The assumption of static environments is common in most SLAM algorithms, which however, is not the case for most…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-05-17 Han Wang , Jing Ying Ko , Lihua Xie

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) has been crucial across various domains, including autonomous driving, mobile robotics, and mixed reality. Dense visual SLAM, leveraging RGB-D camera systems, offers advantages but faces…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-13 Hongbeen Park , Minjeong Park , Giljoo Nam , Jinkyu Kim

Blending representation learning approaches with simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) systems is an open question, because of their highly modular and complex nature. Functionally, SLAM is an operation that transforms raw sensor…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-11-20 Krishna Murthy Jatavallabhula , Soroush Saryazdi , Ganesh Iyer , Liam Paull

Emerging 3D scene representations, such as Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) and 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS), have demonstrated their effectiveness in Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) for photo-realistic rendering, particularly…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-11 Peng Wang , Lingzhe Zhao , Yin Zhang , Shiyu Zhao , Peidong Liu

Combining 3D Gaussian splatting with Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) has gained popularity as it enables continuous 3D environment reconstruction during motion. However, existing methods struggle in dynamic environments,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-25 Yangfan Zhao , Hanwei Zhang , Ke Huang , Qiufeng Wang , Zhenzhou Shao , Dengyu Wu

This letter introduces a novel framework for dense Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (VSLAM) based on Gaussian Splatting. Recently, SLAM based on Gaussian Splatting has shown promising results. However, in monocular scenarios,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-11 Pengcheng Zhu , Yaoming Zhuang , Baoquan Chen , Li Li , Chengdong Wu , Zhanlin Liu

Recent achievements in depth prediction from a single RGB image have powered the new research area of combining convolutional neural networks (CNNs) with classical simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithms. The depth…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-04-02 Yihao Zhang , John J. Leonard

Current techniques in Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (VSLAM) estimate camera displacement by comparing image features of consecutive scenes. These algorithms depend on scene continuity, hence requires frequent camera inputs.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-01-25 Mingyang Li , Yue Ma , Qinru Qiu

We propose a novel dense mapping framework for sparse visual SLAM systems which leverages a compact scene representation. State-of-the-art sparse visual SLAM systems provide accurate and reliable estimates of the camera trajectory and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-07-20 Hidenobu Matsuki , Raluca Scona , Jan Czarnowski , Andrew J. Davison