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In this paper we present DOT (Dynamic Object Tracking), a front-end that added to existing SLAM systems can significantly improve their robustness and accuracy in highly dynamic environments. DOT combines instance segmentation and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-02 Irene Ballester , Alejandro Fontan , Javier Civera , Klaus H. Strobl , Rudolph Triebel

In the realm of robotics, achieving simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is paramount for autonomous navigation, especially in challenging environments like texture-less structures. This paper proposed a factor-graph-based model…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-18 Manh Do Duc , Thanh Nguyen Canh , Minh DoNgoc , Xiem HoangVan

Simulation is an invaluable tool for radio-frequency system designers that enables rapid prototyping of various algorithms for imaging, target detection, classification, and tracking. However, simulating realistic radar scans is a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-07 Tianshu Huang , John Miller , Akarsh Prabhakara , Tao Jin , Tarana Laroia , Zico Kolter , Anthony Rowe

Visual SLAM algorithms have been enhanced through the exploration of Gaussian Splatting representations, particularly in generating high-fidelity dense maps. While existing methods perform reliably in static environments, they often…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Yi Liu , Keyu Fan , Bin Lan , Houde Liu

This paper presents a novel dataset for the development of visual navigation and simultaneous localisation and mapping (SLAM) algorithms as well as for underwater intervention tasks. It differs from existing datasets as it contains ground…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-07-30 Tomasz Luczynski , Jonatan Scharff Willners , Elizabeth Vargas , Joshua Roe , Shida Xu , Yu Cao , Yvan Petillot , Sen Wang

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

A critical use case of SLAM for mobile assistive robots is to support localization during a navigation-based task. Current SLAM benchmarks overlook the significance of repeatability (precision), despite its importance in real-world…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-08 Yanwei Du , Shiyu Feng , Carlton G. Cort , Patricio A. Vela

We present an empirical investigation of a new mapping system based on a graph of panoramic depth images. Panoramic images efficiently capture range measurements taken by a spinning lidar sensor, recording fine detail on the order of a few…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-01-05 Anthony Cowley , Ian D. Miller , Camillo Jose Taylor

This research explores the integration of indoor Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) with Augmented Reality (AR) to enhance situational awareness, improving safety in hazardous or emergency situations. The main contribution of this…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Michael D. Friske

In this paper, we present an active visual SLAM approach for omnidirectional robots. The goal is to generate control commands that allow such a robot to simultaneously localize itself and map an unknown environment while maximizing the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-04-08 Elia Bonetto , Pascal Goldschmid , Michael Pabst , Michael J. Black , Aamir Ahmad

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

Accurate estimation of the environment structure simultaneously with the robot pose is a key capability of autonomous robotic vehicles. Classical simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithms rely on the static world assumption to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-05-11 Mina Henein , Gerard Kennedy , Viorela Ila , Robert Mahony

LiDAR SLAM has become one of the major localization systems for ground vehicles since LiDAR Odometry And Mapping (LOAM). Many extension works on LOAM mainly leverage one specific constraint to improve the performance, e.g., information from…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-03 Jiaying Chen , Han Wang , Minghui Hu , Ponnuthurai Nagaratnam Suganthan

LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) serves as a basis for indoor cleaning, navigation, and many other useful applications in both industry and household. From a series of LiDAR scans, it…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-01-03 Keisuke Sugiura , Hiroki Matsutani

To accomplish task efficiently in a multiple robots system, a problem that has to be addressed is Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) has been used for many SLAM solutions due to its superb…

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) systems are fundamental building blocks for any autonomous robot navigating in unknown environments. The SLAM implementation heavily depends on the sensor modality employed on the mobile…

Image based reconstruction of urban environments is a challenging problem that deals with optimization of large number of variables, and has several sources of errors like the presence of dynamic objects. Since most large scale approaches…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-04-29 N. Dinesh Reddy , Prateek Singhal , Visesh Chari , K. Madhava Krishna

Robotic practitioners generally approach the vision-based SLAM problem through discrete-time formulations. This has the advantage of a consolidated theory and very good understanding of success and failure cases. However, discrete-time SLAM…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-02-21 Giovanni Cioffi , Titus Cieslewski , Davide Scaramuzza

Autonomous navigation is one of the key requirements for every potential application of mobile robots in the real-world. Besides high-accuracy state estimation, a suitable and globally consistent representation of the 3D environment is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-05 Simon Boche , Sebastián Barbas Laina , Stefan Leutenegger

Most Simultaneous localisation and mapping (SLAM) systems have traditionally assumed a static world, which does not align with real-world scenarios. To enable robots to safely navigate and plan in dynamic environments, it is essential to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-01 Jesse Morris , Yiduo Wang , Viorela Ila