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In this article, we propose a novel navigation framework that leverages a two layered graph representation of the environment for efficient large-scale exploration, while it integrates a novel uncertainty awareness scheme to handle dynamic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-02-07 Akash Patel , Mario A V Saucedo , Christoforos Kanellakis , George Nikolakopoulos

This paper addresses the problem of floods classification and floods aftermath detection utilizing both social media and satellite imagery. Automatic detection of disasters such as floods is still a very challenging task. The focus lies on…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2019-01-11 Kashif Ahmad , Konstantin Pogorelov , Michael Riegler , Olga Ostroukhova , Paal Halvorsen , Nicola Conci , Rozenn Dahyot

This paper presents a cross-modal learning framework that exploits complementary information from depth and grayscale images for robust navigation. We introduce a Cross-Modal Wasserstein Autoencoder that learns shared latent representations…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Omkar Sawant , Luca Zanatta , Grzegorz Malczyk , Kostas Alexis

The rapid development of 3D object detection systems for self-driving cars has significantly improved accuracy. However, these systems struggle to generalize across diverse driving environments, which can lead to safety-critical failures in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-09-22 Travis Zhang , Katie Luo , Cheng Perng Phoo , Yurong You , Wei-Lun Chao , Bharath Hariharan , Mark Campbell , Kilian Q. Weinberger

Geometric navigation is nowadays a well-established field of robotics and the research focus is shifting towards higher-level scene understanding, such as Semantic Mapping. When a robot needs to interact with its environment, it must be…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-23 Federico Rollo , Gennaro Raiola , Andrea Zunino , Nikolaos Tsagarakis , Arash Ajoudani

Objective-oriented navigation(ObjNav) enables robot to navigate to target object directly and autonomously in an unknown environment. Effective perception in navigation in unknown environment is critical for autonomous robots. While…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-29 Zecheng Yin , Hao Zhao , Zhen Li

Reliable localization is crucial for autonomous robots to navigate efficiently and safely. Some navigation methods can plan paths with high localizability (which describes the capability of acquiring reliable localization). By following…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-23 Yuan Chen , Quecheng Qiu , Xiangyu Liu , Guangda Chen , Shunyi Yao , Jie Peng , Jianmin Ji , Yanyong Zhang

Model-based control is a popular paradigm for robot navigation because it can leverage a known dynamics model to efficiently plan robust robot trajectories. However, it is challenging to use model-based methods in settings where the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-07-19 Somil Bansal , Varun Tolani , Saurabh Gupta , Jitendra Malik , Claire Tomlin

It is a challenging task for ground robots to autonomously navigate in harsh environments due to the presence of non-trivial obstacles and uneven terrain. This requires trajectory planning that balances safety and efficiency. The primary…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Wei Zhang , Yinchuan Wang , Wangtao Lu , Pengyu Zhang , Xiang Zhang , Yue Wang , Chaoqun Wang

Traversability illustrates the difficulty of driving through a specific region and encompasses the suitability of the terrain for traverse based on its physical properties, such as slope and roughness, surface condition, etc. In this survey…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-04-26 Christos Sevastopoulos , Stations Konstantopoulos

Autonomous vehicles rely extensively on perception systems to navigate and interpret their surroundings. Despite significant advancements in these systems recently, challenges persist under conditions like occlusion, extreme lighting, or in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-16 Tianyuan Yuan , Yucheng Mao , Jiawei Yang , Yicheng Liu , Yue Wang , Hang Zhao

Autonomous robot navigation in off-road environments requires a comprehensive understanding of the terrain geometry and traversability. The degraded perceptual conditions and sparse geometric information at longer ranges make the problem…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-18 Manthan Patel , Jonas Frey , Deegan Atha , Patrick Spieler , Marco Hutter , Shehryar Khattak

Combining multiple sensors enables a robot to maximize its perceptual awareness of environments and enhance its robustness to external disturbance, crucial to robotic navigation. This paper proposes the FusionPortable benchmark, a complete…

Recognition of the surrounding environment using a camera is an important technology in Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems and Autonomous Driving, and recognition technology is often solved by machine learning approaches such as deep…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-04-28 Genya Ogawa , Toru Saito , Noriyuki Aoi

Accurate traversability estimation using an online dense terrain map is crucial for safe navigation in challenging environments like construction and disaster areas. However, traversability estimation for legged robots on rough terrains…

This paper introduces a real-time algorithm for navigating complex unknown environments cluttered with movable obstacles. Our algorithm achieves fast, adaptable routing by actively attempting to manipulate obstacles during path planning and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-12 Botao He , Guofei Chen , Wenshan Wang , Ji Zhang , Cornelia Fermuller , Yiannis Aloimonos

Autonomous vehicle navigation is a key challenge in artificial intelligence, requiring robust and accurate decision-making processes. This research introduces a new end-to-end method that exploits multimodal information from a single…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-20 Fouad Makiyeh , Mark Bastourous , Anass Bairouk , Wei Xiao , Mirjana Maras , Tsun-Hsuan Wangb , Marc Blanchon , Ramin Hasani , Patrick Chareyre , Daniela Rus

Autonomous navigation in unstructured vegetated environments remains an open challenge. To successfully operate in these settings, ground vehicles must assess the traversability of the environment and determine which vegetation is pliable…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-05-16 Fabio Ruetz , Nicholas Lawrance , Emili Hernández , Paulo Borges , Thierry Peynot

This paper addresses the problem of mobile grasping in dynamic, unknown environments where a robot must operate under a limited field-of-view. The fundamental challenge is the inherent trade-off between ``seeing'' around to reduce…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Tianrun Hu , Anxing Xiao , David Hsu , Hanbo Zhang

Most of the proposed person re-identification algorithms conduct supervised training and testing on single labeled datasets with small size, so directly deploying these trained models to a large-scale real-world camera network may lead to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-03-21 Jianming Lv , Weihang Chen , Qing Li , Can Yang