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Navigation is a critical aspect of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) operating in complex underwater environments. Since global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals are unavailable underwater, navigation relies on inertial…

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For navigation of robots, image segmentation is an important component to determining a terrain's traversability. For safe and efficient navigation, it is key to assess the uncertainty of the predicted segments. Current uncertainty…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-19 Judith Dijk , Gertjan Burghouts , Kapil D. Katyal , Bryanna Y. Yeh , Craig T. Knuth , Ella Fokkinga , Tejaswi Kasarla , Pascal Mettes

Semantic segmentation of remote sensing images plays an important role in a wide range of applications including land resource management, biosphere monitoring and urban planning. Although the accuracy of semantic segmentation in remote…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-21 Rui Li , Shunyi Zheng , Chenxi Duan , Ce Zhang , Jianlin Su , P. M. Atkinson

We propose a risk-aware framework for multi-robot, multi-demand assignment and planning in unknown environments. Our motivation is disaster response and search-and-rescue scenarios where ground vehicles must reach demand locations as soon…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-09-04 Vishnu D. Sharma , Maymoonah Toubeh , Lifeng Zhou , Pratap Tokekar

Semantic scene understanding is crucial for robotics and computer vision applications. In autonomous driving, 3D semantic segmentation plays an important role for enabling safe navigation. Despite significant advances in the field, the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Lucas Nunes , Rodrigo Marcuzzi , Jens Behley , Cyrill Stachniss

Small-sized unmanned surface vehicles (USV) are coastal water devices with a broad range of applications such as environmental control and surveillance. A crucial capability for autonomous operation is obstacle detection for timely reaction…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-02-10 Borja Bovcon , Jon Muhovič , Duško Vranac , Dean Mozetič , Janez Perš , Matej Kristan

We present a deep learning framework for probabilistic pixel-wise semantic segmentation, which we term Bayesian SegNet. Semantic segmentation is an important tool for visual scene understanding and a meaningful measure of uncertainty is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-10-12 Alex Kendall , Vijay Badrinarayanan , Roberto Cipolla

Semantic segmentation is an essential technology for self-driving cars to comprehend their surroundings. Currently, real-time semantic segmentation networks commonly employ either encoder-decoder architecture or two-pathway architecture.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-09-20 Yalun Wang , Shidong Chen , Huicong Bian , Weixiao Li , Qin Lu

We introduce WarNav, a novel real-world dataset constructed from images of the open-source DATTALION repository, specifically tailored to enable the development and benchmarking of semantic segmentation models for autonomous ground vehicle…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Marc-Emmanuel Coupvent des Graviers , Hejer Ammar , Christophe Guettier , Yann Dumortier , Romaric Audigier

3D vehicle detection based on point cloud is a challenging task in real-world applications such as autonomous driving. Despite significant progress has been made, we observe two aspects to be further improved. First, the semantic context…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-02-14 Hongwei Yi , Shaoshuai Shi , Mingyu Ding , Jiankai Sun , Kui Xu , Hui Zhou , Zhe Wang , Sheng Li , Guoping Wang

Off-road image semantic segmentation is challenging due to the presence of uneven terrains, unstructured class boundaries, irregular features and strong textures. These aspects affect the perception of the vehicle from which the information…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-02 Kasi Viswanath , Kartikeya Singh , Peng Jiang , Sujit P. B. , Srikanth Saripalli

Autonomous navigation of Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV) in marine environments with current flows is challenging, and few prior works have addressed the sensorbased navigation problem in such environments under no prior knowledge of the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-08-01 Xi Lin , John McConnell , Brendan Englot

This paper studies optimal unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) placement to ensure line-of-sight (LOS) communication and sensing for a cluster of ground users possibly in deep shadow, while the UAV maintains backhaul connectivity with a base…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-04 Yuanshuai Zheng , Junting Chen

Semantic segmentation and stereo matching are two essential components of 3D environmental perception systems for autonomous driving. Nevertheless, conventional approaches often address these two problems independently, employing separate…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-30 Zhiyuan Wu , Yi Feng , Chuang-Wei Liu , Fisher Yu , Qijun Chen , Rui Fan

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are of crucial importance in search and rescue missions in maritime environments due to their flexible and fast operation capabilities. Modern computer vision algorithms are of great interest in aiding such…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-20 Leon Amadeus Varga , Benjamin Kiefer , Martin Messmer , Andreas Zell

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are frequently used for aerial mapping and general monitoring tasks. Recent progress in deep learning enabled automated semantic segmentation of imagery to facilitate the interpretation of large-scale complex…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-09-07 Julius Rückin , Federico Magistri , Cyrill Stachniss , Marija Popović

Tasks such as autonomous navigation, 3D reconstruction, and object recognition near the water surfaces are crucial in marine robotics applications. However, challenges arise due to dynamic disturbances, e.g., light reflections and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-16 Jiayi Wu , Xiaomin Lin , Shahriar Negahdaripour , Cornelia Fermüller , Yiannis Aloimonos

As the demand for autonomous navigation in off-road environments increases, the need for effective solutions to understand these surroundings becomes essential. In this study, we confront the inherent complexities of semantic segmentation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-23 Peng Jiang , Srikanth Saripalli

Developing a robust and effective obstacle detection and tracking system for Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) at marine environments is a challenging task. Research efforts have been made in this area during the past years by GRAAL lab at the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-12 Yara AlaaEldin , Enrico Simetti , Francesca Odone

Spannotation is an open source user-friendly tool developed for image annotation for semantic segmentation specifically in autonomous navigation tasks. This study provides an evaluation of Spannotation, demonstrating its effectiveness in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-02-29 Samuel O. Folorunsho , William R. Norris