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At modern construction sites, utilizing GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) to measure the real-time location and orientation (i.e. pose) of construction machines and navigate them is very common. However, GNSS is not always…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-01-19 Runqiu Bao , Ren Komatsu , Renato Miyagusuku , Masaki Chino , Atsushi Yamashita , Hajime Asama

We introduce a high-fidelity neural implicit dense visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) system, termed DF-SLAM. In our work, we employ dictionary factors for scene representation, encoding the geometry and appearance…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-27 Weifeng Wei , Jie Wang , Shuqi Deng , Jie Liu

Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) is a fundamental problem in mobile robotics. While sparse point-based SLAM methods provide accurate camera localization, the generated maps lack semantic information. On the other hand, state of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-03-07 Mehdi Hosseinzadeh , Kejie Li , Yasir Latif , Ian Reid

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

In recent years, object-oriented simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) has attracted increasing attention due to its ability to provide high-level semantic information while maintaining computational efficiency. Some researchers have…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-02-27 Yutong Wang , Chaoyang Jiang , Xieyuanli Chen

Vision-based sensors have shown significant performance, accuracy, and efficiency gain in Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) systems in recent years. In this regard, Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (VSLAM) methods…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-12-02 Ali Tourani , Hriday Bavle , Jose Luis Sanchez-Lopez , Holger Voos

3D Gaussian Splatting SLAM has emerged as a widely used technique for high-fidelity mapping in spatial intelligence. However, existing methods often rely on a single representation scheme, which limits their performance in large-scale…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Wenkai Zhu , Xu Li , Qimin Xu , Benwu Wang , Kun Wei , Yiming Peng , Zihang Wang

The mobile robot relies on SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) to provide autonomous navigation and task execution in complex and unknown environments. However, it is hard to develop a dedicated algorithm for mobile robots due to…

Neural implicit representations have recently shown promising progress in dense Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM). However, existing works have shortcomings in terms of reconstruction quality and real-time performance, mainly due…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-14 Zhen Hong , Bowen Wang , Haoran Duan , Yawen Huang , Xiong Li , Zhenyu Wen , Xiang Wu , Wei Xiang , Yefeng Zheng

Underwater monocular SLAM is a challenging problem with applications from autonomous underwater vehicles to marine archaeology. However, existing underwater SLAM methods struggle to produce maps with high-fidelity rendering. In this paper,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Kangxu Wang , Shaofeng Zou , Chenxing Jiang , Yixiang Dai , Siang Chen , Shaojie Shen , Guijin Wang

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

(Visual) Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) remains a fundamental challenge in enabling autonomous systems to navigate and understand large-scale environments. Traditional SLAM approaches struggle to balance efficiency and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-31 Tian Yi Lim , Boyang Sun , Marc Pollefeys , Hermann Blum

We present an on-line 3D visual object tracking framework for monocular cameras by incorporating spatial knowledge and uncertainty from semantic mapping along with high frequency measurements from visual odometry. Using a combination of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-03-15 Prateek Singhal , Ruffin White , Henrik Christensen

SLAM is a fundamental component of modern autonomous systems, providing robots and their operators with a deeper understanding of their environment. SLAM systems often encounter challenges due to the dynamic nature of robotic motion,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-29 Leon Davies , Baihua Li , Mohamad Saada , Simon Sølvsten , Qinggang Meng

In this paper, we present an omnidirectional localization and dense mapping system for a wide-baseline multiview stereo setup with ultra-wide field-of-view (FOV) fisheye cameras, which has a 360 degrees coverage of stereo observations of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-03-19 Changhee Won , Hochang Seok , Zhaopeng Cui , Marc Pollefeys , Jongwoo Lim

Most LiDAR odometry and SLAM systems construct maps in point clouds, which are discrete and sparse when zoomed in, making them not directly suitable for navigation. Mesh maps represent a dense and continuous map format with low memory…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-13 Yanpeng Jia , Fengkui Cao , Ting Wang , Yandong Tang , Shiliang Shao , Lianqing Liu

Current Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (VSLAM) systems often struggle to create maps that are both semantically rich and easily interpretable. While incorporating semantic scene knowledge aids in building richer maps with…

We address the challenging problem of dense dynamic scene reconstruction and camera pose estimation from multiple freely moving cameras -- a setting that arises naturally when multiple observers capture a shared event. Prior approaches…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Shuo Sun , Unal Artan , Malcolm Mielle , Achim J. Lilienthaland , Martin Magnusson

Ego-pose estimation and dynamic object tracking are two critical problems for autonomous driving systems. The solutions to these problems are generally based on their respective assumptions, \ie{the static world assumption for simultaneous…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Xuebo Tian , Zhongyang Zhu , Junqiao Zhao , Gengxuan Tian , Chen Ye

The integration of neural rendering and the SLAM system recently showed promising results in joint localization and photorealistic view reconstruction. However, existing methods, fully relying on implicit representations, are so…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-09 Huajian Huang , Longwei Li , Hui Cheng , Sai-Kit Yeung