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To support future spatial machine intelligence applications, lifelong simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) has drawn significant attentions. SLAM is usually realized based on various types of mobile robots performing simultaneous…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Zidong Han , Ruibo Jin , Xiaoyang Li , Bingpeng Zhou , Qinyu Zhang , Yi Gong

This paper presents Direct LiDAR-Inertial Odometry and Mapping (DLIOM), a robust SLAM algorithm with an explicit focus on computational efficiency, operational reliability, and real-world efficacy. DLIOM contains several key algorithmic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-05-04 Kenny Chen , Ryan Nemiroff , Brett T. Lopez

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is a fundamental task to mobile and aerial robotics. LiDAR based systems have proven to be superior compared to vision based systems due to its accuracy and robustness. In spite of its…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-03-01 Weizhao Shao , Srinivasan Vijayarangan , Cong Li , George Kantor

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) based on laser sensors has been widely adopted by mobile robots and autonomous vehicles. These SLAM systems are required to support accurate localization with limited computational resources. In…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-01 Yifan Duan , Jie Peng , Yu Zhang , Jianmin Ji , Yanyong Zhang

Combining multiple LiDARs enables a robot to maximize its perceptual awareness of environments and obtain sufficient measurements, which is promising for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). This paper proposes a system to achieve…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-05-06 Jianhao Jiao , Haoyang Ye , Yilong Zhu , Ming Liu

In this paper, we propose a tightly-coupled, multi-modal simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) framework, integrating an extensive set of sensors: IMU, cameras, multiple lidars, and Ultra-wideband (UWB) range measurements, hence…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-06 Thien-Minh Nguyen , Shenghai Yuan , Muqing Cao , Thien Hoang Nguyen , Lihua Xie

Dense simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is crucial for robotics and augmented reality applications. However, current methods are often hampered by the non-volumetric or implicit way they represent a scene. This work introduces…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-17 Nikhil Keetha , Jay Karhade , Krishna Murthy Jatavallabhula , Gengshan Yang , Sebastian Scherer , Deva Ramanan , Jonathon Luiten

Keyframes are LiDAR scans saved for future reference in Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM), but despite their central importance most algorithms leave choices of which scans to save and how to use them to wasteful heuristics. This…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-18 David Thorne , Nathan Chan , Yanlong Ma , Christa S. Robison , Philip R. Osteen , Brett T. Lopez

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

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) achieves the purpose of simultaneous positioning and map construction based on self-perception. The paper makes an overview in SLAM including Lidar SLAM, visual SLAM, and their fusion. For Lidar…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-02-17 Baichuan Huang , Jun Zhao , Jingbin Liu

This paper develops a real-time decentralized metric-semantic SLAM algorithm that enables a heterogeneous robot team to collaboratively construct object-based metric-semantic maps. The proposed framework integrates a data-driven front-end…

Robust and accurate localization and mapping of an environment using laser scanners, so-called LiDAR SLAM, is essential to many robotic applications. Early 3D LiDAR SLAM methods often exploited additional information from IMU or GNSS…

In commercial autonomous service robots with several form factors, simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is an essential technology for providing proper services such as cleaning and guidance. Such robots require SLAM algorithms…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-01 DongKi Noh , Hyungtae Lim , Gyuho Eoh , Duckyu Choi , Jeongsik Choi , Hyunjun Lim , SeungMin Baek , Hyun Myung

Robots navigating indoor environments often have access to architectural plans, which can serve as prior knowledge to enhance their localization and mapping capabilities. While some SLAM algorithms leverage these plans for global…

Lidar-based SLAM systems perform well in a wide range of circumstances by relying on the geometry of the environment. However, even mature and reliable approaches struggle when the environment contains structureless areas such as long…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-11-08 Gerhard Kurz , Sebastian A. Scherer , Peter Biber , David Fleer

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

While 3D LiDAR sensor technology is becoming more advanced and cheaper every day, the growth of digitalization in the AEC industry contributes to the fact that 3D building information models (BIM models) are now available for a large part…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-29 Miguel Arturo Vega Torres , Alexander Braun , André Borrmann

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

The current state of the art of Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping, or SLAM, on low power embedded systems is about sparse localisation and mapping with low resolution results in the name of efficiency. Meanwhile, research in this field…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-02-14 Konstantinos Boikos , Christos-Savvas Bouganis

Consistent maps are key for most autonomous mobile robots, and they often use SLAM approaches to build such maps. Loop closures via place recognition help to maintain accurate pose estimates by mitigating global drift, and are thus key for…