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In this letter, we present a neural field-based real-time monocular mapping framework for accurate and dense Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). Recent neural mapping frameworks show promising results, but rely on RGB-D or pose…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-18 Wei Zhang , Tiecheng Sun , Sen Wang , Qing Cheng , Norbert Haala

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…

Exploring the capabilities of Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) and Gaussian-based methods in the context of 3D scene reconstruction, this study contrasts these modern approaches with traditional Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-18 Yiming Zhou , Zixuan Zeng , Andi Chen , Xiaofan Zhou , Haowei Ni , Shiyao Zhang , Panfeng Li , Liangxi Liu , Mengyao Zheng , Xupeng Chen

Visual understanding of 3D environments in real-time, at low power, is a huge computational challenge. Often referred to as SLAM (Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping), it is central to applications spanning domestic and industrial…

While 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) enabled photorealistic mapping, its integration into SLAM has largely followed traditional camera-centric pipelines. As a result, they inherit well-known weaknesses such as high computational load, failure…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Jaeseok Park , Chanoh Park , Minsu Kim , Minkyoung Kim , Soohwan Kim

As the foundation of driverless vehicle and intelligent robots, Simultaneous Localization and Mapping(SLAM) has attracted much attention these days. However, non-geometric modules of traditional SLAM algorithms are limited by data…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-01-25 Rong Kang , Jieqi Shi , Xueming Li , Yang Liu , Xiao Liu

Decentralized visual simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is a powerful tool for multi-robot applications in environments where absolute positioning systems are not available. Being visual, it relies on cameras, cheap, lightweight…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-04-06 Titus Cieslewski , Siddharth Choudhary , Davide Scaramuzza

Occupancy grid maps (OGMs) are fundamental to most systems for autonomous robotic navigation. However, CPU-based implementations struggle to keep up with data rates from modern 3D lidar sensors, and provide little capacity for modern…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-06-14 Kazys Stepanas , Jason Williams , Emili Hernández , Fabio Ruetz , Thomas Hines

We present Rad-GS, a 4D radar-camera SLAM system designed for kilometer-scale outdoor environments, utilizing 3D Gaussian as a differentiable spatial representation. Rad-GS combines the advantages of raw radar point cloud with Doppler…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Renxiang Xiao , Wei Liu , Yuanfan Zhang , Yushuai Chen , Jinming Chen , Zilu Wang , Liang Hu

In recent years, the paradigm of neural implicit representations has gained substantial attention in the field of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). However, a notable gap exists in the existing approaches when it comes to scene…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-31 Hongjia Zhai , Gan Huang , Qirui Hu , Guanglin Li , Hujun Bao , Guofeng Zhang

Semantic-aware 3D scene reconstruction is essential for autonomous robots to perform complex interactions. Semantic SLAM, an online approach, integrates pose tracking, geometric reconstruction, and semantic mapping into a unified framework,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Zuxing Lu , Xin Yuan , Shaowen Yang , Jingyu Liu , Changyin Sun

Modern state estimation is often formulated as an optimization problem and solved using efficient local search methods. These methods at best guarantee convergence to local minima, but, in some cases, global optimality can also be…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-11-28 Connor Holmes , Timothy D. Barfoot

In this paper, we study the back-end of simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) problem in deforming environment, where robot localizes itself and tracks multiple non-rigid soft surface using its onboard sensor measurements. An…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-06-21 Jingwei Song , Liang Zhao , Shoudong Huang , Gamini Dissanayake

Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) plays a crucial role in autonomous systems. Traditional SLAM methods, based on static environment assumptions, struggle to handle complex dynamic environments. Recent dynamic SLAM systems…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-04 Haolan Zhang , Thanh Nguyen Canh , Chenghao Li , Ruidong Yang , Yonghoon Ji , Nak Young Chong

Localization in a pre-built map is a basic technique for robot autonomous navigation. Existing mapping and localization methods commonly work well in small-scale environments. As a map grows larger, however, more memory is required and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-21 Xiaoyu Zhang , Yun-Hui Liu

We introduce Ground-Fusion, a low-cost sensor fusion simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) system for ground vehicles. Our system features efficient initialization, effective sensor anomaly detection and handling, real-time dense…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-02-23 Jie Yin , Ang Li , Wei Xi , Wenxian Yu , Danping Zou

When an agent, person, vehicle or robot is moving through an unknown environment without GNSS signals, online mapping of nonlinear terrains can be used to improve position estimates when the agent returns to a previously mapped area.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-22 Frida Marie Viset , Rudy Helmons , Manon Kok

3D Gaussian Splatting has emerged as a powerful representation of geometry and appearance for RGB-only dense Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), as it provides a compact dense map representation while enabling efficient and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-28 Erik Sandström , Keisuke Tateno , Michael Oechsle , Michael Niemeyer , Luc Van Gool , Martin R. Oswald , Federico Tombari

Neural implicit representations have been explored to enhance visual SLAM algorithms, especially in providing high-fidelity dense map. Existing methods operate robustly in static scenes but struggle with the disruption caused by moving…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-05-17 Ziheng Xu , Jianwei Niu , Qingfeng Li , Tao Ren , Chen Chen

For VSLAM (Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping), localization is a challenging task, especially for some challenging situations: textureless frames, motion blur, etc.. To build a robust exploration and localization system in a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-07-04 Weinan Chen , Lei Zhu , Yisheng Guan , C. Ronald Kube , Hong Zhang