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Efficient multi-agent 3D mapping is essential for robotic teams operating in unknown environments, but dense representations hinder real-time exchange over constrained communication links. In multi-agent Simultaneous Localization and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-02 Monica M. Q. Li , Pierre-Yves Lajoie , Jialiang Liu , Giovanni Beltrame

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is considered an ever-evolving problem due to its usage in many applications. Evaluation of SLAM is done typically using publicly available datasets which are increasing in number and the level…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-02 Islam Ali , Hong Zhang

Commonly, SLAM algorithms are focused on a static environment, however, there are several scenes where dynamic objects are present. This work presents the STDyn-SLAM an image feature-based SLAM system working on dynamic environments using a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-04-01 Daniela Esparza , Gerardo Flores

We present FoundationSLAM, a learning-based monocular dense SLAM system that addresses the absence of geometric consistency in previous flow-based approaches for accurate and robust tracking and mapping. Our core idea is to bridge flow…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-05 Yuchen Wu , Jiahe Li , Fabio Tosi , Matteo Poggi , Jin Zheng , Xiao Bai

Embedded deformation nodes based formulation has been widely applied in deformable geometry and graphical problems. Though being promising in stereo (or RGBD) sensor based SLAM applications, it remains challenging to keep constant speed in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-03-25 Jingwei Song , Fang Bai , Liang Zhao , Shoudong Huang , Rong Xiong

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) algorithms perform visual-inertial estimation via filtering or batch optimization methods. Empirical evidence suggests that filtering algorithms are computationally faster, while optimization…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-05 Amay Saxena , Chih-Yuan Chiu , Joseph Menke , Ritika Shrivastava , Shankar Sastry

We introduce NeuV-SLAM, a novel dense simultaneous localization and mapping pipeline based on neural multiresolution voxels, characterized by ultra-fast convergence and incremental expansion capabilities. This pipeline utilizes RGBD images…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-02-06 Wenzhi Guo , Bing Wang , Lijun Chen

It is well known that visual SLAM systems based on dense matching are locally accurate but are also susceptible to long-term drift and map corruption. In contrast, feature matching methods can achieve greater long-term consistency but can…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-08-09 Xingrui Yang , Yuhang Ming , Zhaopeng Cui , Andrew Calway

This work presents a novel RGB-D-inertial dynamic SLAM method that can enable accurate localisation when the majority of the camera view is occluded by multiple dynamic objects over a long period of time. Most dynamic SLAM approaches either…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-24 Ran Long , Christian Rauch , Vladimir Ivan , Tin Lun Lam , Sethu Vijayakumar

We develop and analyze an asynchronous algorithm for distributed convex optimization when the objective writes a sum of smooth functions, local to each worker, and a non-smooth function. Unlike many existing methods, our distributed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-12-13 Konstantin Mishchenko , Franck Iutzeler , Jérôme Malick

Multi-robot simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) enables a robot team to achieve coordinated tasks by relying on a common map of the environment. Constructing a map by centralized processing of the robot observations is undesirable…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-22 Hanwen Cao , Sriram Shreedharan , Nikolay Atanasov

3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) has emerged as a powerful technique for novel view synthesis, subsequently extending into numerous spatial AI applications. However, most existing 3DGS methods operate in isolation, focusing on specific domains.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-29 Yueen Ma , Zenglin Xu , Irwin King

We present DetectFusion, an RGB-D SLAM system that runs in real-time and can robustly handle semantically known and unknown objects that can move dynamically in the scene. Our system detects, segments and assigns semantic class labels to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-07-23 Ryo Hachiuma , Christian Pirchheim , Dieter Schmalstieg , Hideo Saito

Rescue robotics sets high requirements to perception algorithms due to the unstructured and potentially vision-denied environments. Pivoting Frequency-Modulated Continuous Wave radars are an emerging sensing modality for SLAM in this kind…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-22 Maximilian Hilger , Nils Mandischer , Burkhard Corves

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is one of the most important environment-perception and navigation algorithms for computer vision, robotics, and autonomous cars/drones. Hence, high quality and fast mapping becomes a fundamental…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-18 Runfa Blark Li , Mahdi Shaghaghi , Keito Suzuki , Xinshuang Liu , Varun Moparthi , Bang Du , Walker Curtis , Martin Renschler , Ki Myung Brian Lee , Nikolay Atanasov , Truong Nguyen

Efficient adversarial attack methods are critical for assessing the robustness of computer vision models. In this paper, we reconstruct the optimization objective for generating adversarial examples as "maximizing the difference between the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Xinlei Liu , Tao Hu , Peng Yi , Weitao Han , Jichao Xie , Baolin Li

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

Implicit neural SLAM has achieved remarkable progress recently. Nevertheless, existing methods face significant challenges in non-ideal scenarios, such as motion blur or lighting variation, which often leads to issues like convergence…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-19 Delin Qu , Chi Yan , Dong Wang , Jie Yin , Dan Xu , Bin Zhao , Xuelong Li

A framework for online simultaneous localization, mapping and self-calibration is presented which can detect and handle significant change in the calibration parameters. Estimates are computed in constant-time by factoring the problem and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-11-06 Nima Keivan , Gabe Sibley

Loop closure detection (LCD) is an indispensable part of simultaneous localization and mapping systems (SLAM); it enables robots to produce a consistent map by recognizing previously visited places. When robots operate over extended…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-04-18 Dongdong Bai , Chaoqun Wang , Bo Zhang , Xiaodong Yi , Xuejun Yang