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Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is an essential component of autonomous robotic applications and self-driving vehicles, enabling them to understand and operate in their environment. Many SLAM systems have been proposed in the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-01-14 Lorenzo Montano-Oliván , Julio A. Placed , Luis Montano , María T. Lázaro

With the deepening of research on the SLAM system, the possibility of cooperative SLAM with multi-robots has been proposed. This paper presents a map matching and localization approach considering the cooperative SLAM of an aerial-ground…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-12-07 Xuecheng Xu , Zexi Chen , Jiaxin Guo , Yue Wang , Yunkai Wang , Rong Xiong

In this work, we present Voxel-SLAM: a complete, accurate, and versatile LiDAR-inertial SLAM system that fully utilizes short-term, mid-term, long-term, and multi-map data associations to achieve real-time estimation and high precision…

This paper describes an end-to-end pipeline for tree diameter estimation based on semantic segmentation and lidar odometry and mapping. Accurate mapping of this type of environment is challenging since the ground and the trees are…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-01-01 Steven W. Chen , Guilherme V. Nardari , Elijah S. Lee , Chao Qu , Xu Liu , Roseli A. F. Romero , Vijay Kumar

The Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) problem has been well studied in the robotics community, especially using mono, stereo cameras or depth sensors. 3D depth sensors, such as Velodyne LiDAR, have proved in the last 10 years to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-02-26 Jean-Emmanuel Deschaud

Simultaneous localisation and mapping (SLAM) is the problem of autonomous robots to construct or update a map of an undetermined unstructured environment while simultaneously estimate the pose in it. The current trend towards self-driving…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-02-14 B. Udugama

Recent advances in robotics are driving real-world autonomy for long-term and large-scale missions, where loop closures via place recognition are vital for mitigating pose estimation drift. However, achieving real-time performance remains…

Loop closures are essential for correcting odometry drift and creating consistent maps, especially in the context of large-scale navigation. Current methods using dense point clouds for accurate place recognition do not scale well due to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Débora N. P. Oliveira , Joshua Knights , Sebastián Barbas Laina , Simon Boche , Wolfram Burgard , Stefan Leutenegger

Place recognition is a core component of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) algorithms. Particularly in visual SLAM systems, previously-visited places are recognized by measuring the appearance similarity between images…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-07-28 Jiawei Mo , Junaed Sattar

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…

Localization is a key challenge in many robotics applications. In this work we explore LIDAR-based global localization in both urban and natural environments and develop a method suitable for online application. Our approach leverages…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-02-01 Georgi Tinchev , Adrian Penate-Sanchez , Maurice Fallon

Numerous Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) algorithms have been presented in last decade using different sensor modalities. However, robust SLAM in extreme weather conditions is still an open research problem. In this paper,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-05-06 Ziyang Hong , Yvan Petillot , Sen Wang

The real-world deployment of fully autonomous mobile robots depends on a robust SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) system, capable of handling dynamic environments, where objects are moving in front of the robot, and changing…

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) has been considered as a solved problem thanks to the progress made in the past few years. However, the great majority of LiDAR-based SLAM algorithms are designed for a specific type of payload…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-10-31 Weikun Zhen , Sebastian Scherer

Inter-robot loop closure detection, e.g., for collaborative simultaneous localization and mapping (CSLAM), is a fundamental capability for many multirobot applications in GPS-denied regimes. In real-world scenarios, this is a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-01-18 Yulun Tian , Kasra Khosoussi , Jonathan P. How

Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (vSLAM) is a widely used technique in robotics and computer vision that enables a robot to create a map of an unfamiliar environment using a camera sensor while simultaneously tracking its…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-10 Yasaman Haghighi , Suryansh Kumar , Jean-Philippe Thiran , Luc Van Gool

A Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) system must be robust to support long-term mobile vehicle and robot applications. However, camera and LiDAR based SLAM systems can be fragile when facing challenging illumination or weather…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-04-13 Ziyang Hong , Yvan Petillot , Andrew Wallace , Sen Wang

In the absence of external reference position information (e.g. GNSS) SLAM has proven to be an effective method for indoor navigation. The positioning drift can be reduced with regular loop-closures and global relaxation as the backend,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-02-20 Jacky C. K. Chow

Localization is paramount for autonomous robots. While camera and LiDAR-based approaches have been extensively investigated, they are affected by adverse illumination and weather conditions. Therefore, radar sensors have recently gained…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-05 Abhijeet Nayak , Daniele Cattaneo , Abhinav Valada

LiDAR-to-OpenStreetMap (OSM) localization has gained increasing attention, as OSM provides lightweight global priors such as building footprints. These priors enhance global consistency for robot navigation, but OSM is often incomplete or…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Jianping Li , Kaisong Zhu , Zhongyuan Liu , Rui Jin , Xinhang Xu , Pengfei Wan , Lihua Xie