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Combining lidar in camera-based simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is an effective method in improving overall accuracy, especially at a large scale outdoor scenario. Recent development of low-cost lidars (e.g. Livox lidar) enable…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-09 Yuewen Zhu , Chunran Zheng , Chongjian Yuan , Xu Huang , Xiaoping Hong

In this paper, we propose an efficient continuous-time LiDAR-Inertial-Camera Odometry, utilizing non-uniform B-splines to tightly couple measurements from the LiDAR, IMU, and camera. In contrast to uniform B-spline-based continuous-time…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-09-19 Xiaolei Lang , Chao Chen , Kai Tang , Yukai Ma , Jiajun Lv , Yong Liu , Xingxing Zuo

Generally, high-level features provide more geometrical information compared to point features, which can be exploited to further constrain motions. Planes are commonplace in man-made environments, offering an active means to reduce drift,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Yidi Zhang , Fulin Tang , Zewen Xu , Yihong Wu , Pengju Ma

Aggressive motions from agile flights or traversing irregular terrain induce motion distortion in LiDAR scans that can degrade state estimation and mapping. Some methods exist to mitigate this effect, but they are still too simplistic or…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-08 Kenny Chen , Ryan Nemiroff , Brett T. Lopez

Robust and accurate navigation is critical for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) especially for those with stringent Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) constraints. However, most state-of-the-art (SOTA) LiDAR-Inertial Odometry (LIO) systems still…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-16 Jinwen Zhu , Xudong Zhao , Fangcheng Zhu , Jun Hu , Shi Jin , Yinian Mao , Guoquan Huang

Due to budgetary constraints, indoor navigation typically employs 2D LiDAR rather than 3D LiDAR. However, the utilization of 2D LiDAR in Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) frequently encounters challenges related to motion…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-24 Bin Zhang , Zexin Peng , Bi Zeng , Junjie Lu

Field robotics in perceptually-challenging environments require fast and accurate state estimation, but modern LiDAR sensors quickly overwhelm current odometry algorithms. To this end, this paper presents a lightweight frontend LiDAR…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-01-10 Kenny Chen , Brett T. Lopez , Ali-akbar Agha-mohammadi , Ankur Mehta

Visual Inertial Odometry (VIO) is the task of estimating the movement trajectory of an agent from an onboard camera stream fused with additional Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) measurements. A crucial subtask within VIO is the tracking of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-21 Jonas Kühne , Michele Magno , Luca Benini

This paper introduces 2Fast-2Lamaa, a lidar-inertial state estimation framework for odometry, mapping, and localization. Its first key component is the optimization-based undistortion of lidar scans, which uses continuous IMU preintegration…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-10 Cedric Le Gentil , Raphael Falque , Daniil Lisus , Timothy D. Barfoot

Visual-LiDAR odometry is a critical component for autonomous system localization, yet achieving high accuracy and strong robustness remains a challenge. Traditional approaches commonly struggle with sensor misalignment, fail to fully…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Mengmeng Liu , Michael Ying Yang , Jiuming Liu , Yunpeng Zhang , Jiangtao Li , Sander Oude Elberink , George Vosselman , Hao Cheng

Traditional LiDAR odometry (LO) systems mainly leverage geometric information obtained from the traversed surroundings to register laser scans and estimate LiDAR ego-motion, while it may be unreliable in dynamic or unstructured…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-14 Shuaixin Li , Bin Tian , Zhu Xiaozhou , Gui Jianjun , Yao Wen , Guangyun Li

LiDAR-based SLAM is a core technology for autonomous vehicles and robots. One key contribution of this work to 3D LiDAR SLAM and localization is a fierce defense of view-based maps (pose graphs with time-stamped sensor readings) as the…

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Robust and fast motion estimation and mapping is a key prerequisite for autonomous operation of mobile robots. The goal of performing this task solely on a stereo pair of video cameras is highly demanding and bears conflicting objectives:…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-10-19 Nicola Krombach , David Droeschel , Sebastian Houben , Sven Behnke

LiDAR-Inertial Odometry (LIO) is a foundational technique for autonomous systems, yet its deployment on resource-constrained platforms remains challenging due to computational and memory limitations. We propose Super-LIO, a robust LIO…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Liansheng Wang , Xinke Zhang , Chenhui Li , Dongjiao He , Yihan Pan , Jianjun Yi

We present a direct visual-inertial odometry (VIO) method which estimates the motion of the sensor setup and sparse 3D geometry of the environment based on measurements from a rolling-shutter camera and an inertial measurement unit (IMU).…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-06-18 David Schubert , Nikolaus Demmel , Lukas von Stumberg , Vladyslav Usenko , Daniel Cremers

We propose a multi-camera LiDAR-visual-inertial odometry framework, Multi-LVI-SAM, which fuses data from multiple fisheye cameras, LiDAR and inertial sensors for highly accurate and robust state estimation. To enable efficient and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Xinyu Zhang , Kai Huang , Junqiao Zhao , Zihan Yuan , Tiantian Feng

Drift-free localization is essential for autonomous vehicles. In this paper, we address the problem by proposing a filter-based framework, which integrates the visual-inertial odometry and the measurements of the features in the pre-built…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-04-27 Zhuqing Zhang , Yanmei Jiao , Shoudong Huang , Yue Wang , Rong Xiong

Underwater environments impose severe challenges to visual-inertial odometry systems, as strong light attenuation, marine snow and turbidity, together with weakly exciting motions, degrade inertial observability and cause frequent tracking…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-29 Hao Wei , Peiji Wang , Qianhao Wang , Tong Qin , Fei Gao , Yulin Si

We propose a novel real-time LiDAR intensity image-based simultaneous localization and mapping method , which addresses the geometry degeneracy problem in unstructured environments. Traditional LiDAR-based front-end odometry mostly relies…

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Aerial swarm systems possess immense potential in various aspects, such as cooperative exploration, target tracking, search and rescue. Efficient, accurate self and mutual state estimation are the critical preconditions for completing these…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-27 Fangcheng Zhu , Yunfan Ren , Longji Yin , Fanze Kong , Qingbo Liu , Ruize Xue , Wenyi Liu , Yixi Cai , Guozheng Lu , Haotian Li , Fu Zhang