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Among the abilities that autonomous mobile robots should exhibit, map building and localization are definitely recognized as fundamental. Consequently, countless algorithms for solving the Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM)…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-09-07 Matteo Luperto , Valerio Castelli , Francesco Amigoni

Sparse and feature SLAM methods provide robust camera pose estimation. However, they often fail to capture the level of detail required for inspection and scene awareness tasks. Conversely, dense SLAM approaches generate richer scene…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-16 Maaz Qureshi , Alexander Werner , Zhenan Liu , Amir Khajepour , George Shaker , William Melek

Operating a multi-robot fleet for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) in applications such as building inspection or warehouse-aisle monitoring requires the operator to maintain spatial awareness of each robot's position and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Prakash Aryan , Cem Erdogdu , Kavinaya Kumarchokkappan , Timo Kehrer , Sebastiano Panichella

Collaborative simultaneous localization and mapping (CSLAM) is essential for autonomous aerial swarms, laying the foundation for downstream algorithms such as planning and control. To address existing CSLAM systems' limitations in relative…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-06-25 Hao Xu , Peize Liu , Xinyi Chen , Shaojie Shen

The simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) problem is considered in three dimensions. The proposed algorithm, differential geometric SLAM (DG-SLAM), employs methods from differential geometry to propagate the state and map estimates.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2015-06-02 David Evan Zlotnik , James Richard Forbes

In this paper, we present a monocular Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) algorithm using high-level object and plane landmarks. The built map is denser, more compact and semantic meaningful compared to feature point based SLAM. We…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-07-01 Shichao Yang , Sebastian Scherer

Visual-inertial simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is a key module of robotics and low-speed autonomous vehicles, which is usually limited by the high computation burden for practical applications. To this end, an innovative…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-28 Bingxiang Kang , Jie Zou , Guofa Li , Pengwei Zhang , Jie Zeng , Kan Wang , Jie Li

Active Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM) is a critical problem in autonomous robotics, enabling robots to navigate to new regions while building an accurate model of their surroundings. Visual SLAM is a popular technique that…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-17 Kenji Leong

SLAM is a fundamental component of modern autonomous systems, providing robots and their operators with a deeper understanding of their environment. SLAM systems often encounter challenges due to the dynamic nature of robotic motion,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-29 Leon Davies , Baihua Li , Mohamad Saada , Simon Sølvsten , Qinggang Meng

We present a novel Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) method that employs Gaussian Process (GP) based landmark (object) representations. Instead of conventional grid maps or point cloud registration, we model the environment on a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-25 Ali Emre Balcı , Erhan Ege Keyvan , Emre Özkan

Visual understanding of 3D environments in real-time, at low power, is a huge computational challenge. Often referred to as SLAM (Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping), it is central to applications spanning domestic and industrial…

Semantic Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is a critical area of research within robotics and computer vision, focusing on the simultaneous localization of robotic systems and associating semantic information to construct the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-02 Thanh Nguyen Canh , Haolan Zhang , Xiem HoangVan , Nak Young Chong

This paper presents a novel framework for simultaneously implementing localization and segmentation, which are two of the most important vision-based tasks for robotics. While the goals and techniques used for them were considered to be…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-10-30 Kai Wang , Yimin Lin , Luowei Wang , Liming Han , Minjie Hua , Xiang Wang , Shiguo Lian , Bill Huang

Reliable simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithms are necessary for safety-critical autonomous navigation. In the communication-constrained multi-agent setting, navigation systems increasingly use point-to-point range sensors…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-15 Alexander Thoms , Alan Papalia , Jared Velasquez , David M. Rosen , Sriram Narasimhan

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is a crucial functionality for exploration robots and virtual/augmented reality (VR/AR) devices. However, some of such devices with limited resources cannot afford the computational or memory…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-29 Yetong Zhang , Ming Hsiao , Yipu Zhao , Jing Dong , Jakob J. Enge

3D Gaussian Splatting offers expressive scene reconstruction, modeling a broad range of visual, geometric, and semantic information. However, efficient real-time map reconstruction with data streamed from multiple robots and devices remains…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-04 Javier Yu , Timothy Chen , Mac Schwager

The efficiency and accuracy of mapping are crucial in a large scene and long-term AR applications. Multi-agent cooperative SLAM is the precondition of multi-user AR interaction. The cooperation of multiple smart phones has the potential to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-06-24 Jialing Liu , Ruyu Liu , Kaiqi Chen , Jianhua Zhang , Dongyan Guo

This paper presents a Visual Inertial Odometry Landmark-based Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping algorithm based on a distributed block coordinate nonlinear Moving Horizon Estimation scheme. The main advantage of the proposed method is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-04-05 Emilien Flayac , Iman Shames

Traditional SLAM algorithms are typically based on artificial features, which lack high-level information. By introducing semantic information, SLAM can own higher stability and robustness rather than purely hand-crafted features. However,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-09-16 Xianwei Meng , Bonian Li

Integrating multiple LiDAR sensors can significantly enhance a robot's perception of the environment, enabling it to capture adequate measurements for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). Indeed, solid-state LiDARs can bring in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-07 Li Qingqing , Yu Xianjia , Jorge Peña Queralta , Tomi Westerlund