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3D Gaussian Splatting algorithms excel in novel view rendering applications and have been adapted to extend the capabilities of traditional SLAM systems. However, current Gaussian Splatting SLAM methods, designed mainly for hand-held RGB or…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-01 Zunjie Zhu , Youxu Fang , Xin Li , Chengang Yan , Feng Xu , Chau Yuen , Yanyan Li

Recent advances in Dense Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) have demonstrated remarkable performance in static environments. However, dense SLAM in dynamic environments remains challenging. Most methods directly remove dynamic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-11 Siting Zhu , Yuxiang Huang , Wenhua Wu , Chaokang Jiang , Yongbo Chen , I-Ming Chen , Hesheng Wang

We present the first application of 3D Gaussian Splatting in monocular SLAM, the most fundamental but the hardest setup for Visual SLAM. Our method, which runs live at 3fps, utilises Gaussians as the only 3D representation, unifying the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-16 Hidenobu Matsuki , Riku Murai , Paul H. J. Kelly , Andrew J. Davison

Achieving robust and precise pose estimation in dynamic scenes is a significant research challenge in Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). Recent advancements integrating Gaussian Splatting into SLAM systems have proven…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-14 Yueming Xu , Haochen Jiang , Zhongyang Xiao , Jianfeng Feng , Li Zhang

3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) allows flexible adjustments to scene representation, enabling continuous optimization of scene quality during dense visual simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) in static environments. However, 3DGS faces…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-26 Long Wen , Shixin Li , Yu Zhang , Yuhong Huang , Jianjie Lin , Fengjunjie Pan , Zhenshan Bing , Alois Knoll

We introduce RGS-SLAM, a robust Gaussian-splatting SLAM framework that replaces the residual-driven densification stage of GS-SLAM with a training-free correspondence-to-Gaussian initialization. Instead of progressively adding Gaussians as…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-16 Wei-Tse Cheng , Yen-Jen Chiou , Yuan-Fu Yang

3D gaussian splatting has advanced simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) technology by enabling real-time positioning and the construction of high-fidelity maps. However, the uncertainty in gaussian position and initialization…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-26 Yansong Xu , Junlin Li , Wei Zhang , Siyu Chen , Shengyong Zhang , Yuquan Leng , Weijia Zhou

3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) has shown promising results for 3D scene modeling using mixtures of Gaussians, yet its existing simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) variants typically rely on direct, deterministic pose optimization…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-06 Yuhan Zhu , Yanyu Zhang , Jie Xu , Wei Ren

Jointly estimating camera poses and mapping scenes from RGBD images is a fundamental task in simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). State-of-the-art methods employ 3D Gaussians to represent a scene, and render these Gaussians through…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-04 Pengchong Hu , Zhizhong Han

Recent advancements in 3D Gaussian Splatting have significantly improved the efficiency and quality of dense semantic SLAM. However, previous methods are generally constrained by limited-category pre-trained classifiers and implicit…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-04 Dianyi Yang , Yu Gao , Xihan Wang , Yufeng Yue , Yi Yang , Mengyin Fu

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

We introduce Dynamic Gaussian Splatting SLAM (DGS-SLAM), the first dynamic SLAM framework built on the foundation of Gaussian Splatting. While recent advancements in dense SLAM have leveraged Gaussian Splatting to enhance scene…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-19 Mangyu Kong , Jaewon Lee , Seongwon Lee , Euntai Kim

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

Modern Gaussian Splatting methods have proven highly effective for real-time photorealistic rendering of 3D scenes. However, integrating semantic information into this representation remains a significant challenge, especially in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-04 Roman Titkov , Egor Zubkov , Dmitry Yudin , Jaafar Mahmoud , Malik Mohrat , Gennady Sidorov

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) with dense representation plays a key role in robotics, Virtual Reality (VR), and Augmented Reality (AR) applications. Recent advancements in dense representation SLAM have highlighted the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-25 Seongbo Ha , Jiung Yeon , Hyeonwoo Yu

The recently developed Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) and 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) have shown encouraging and impressive results for visual SLAM. However, most representative methods require RGBD sensors and are only available for indoor…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-16 Zhe Xin , Chenyang Wu , Penghui Huang , Yanyong Zhang , Yinian Mao , Guoquan Huang

We present Real-time Gaussian SLAM (RTG-SLAM), a real-time 3D reconstruction system with an RGBD camera for large-scale environments using Gaussian splatting. The system features a compact Gaussian representation and a highly efficient…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-10 Zhexi Peng , Tianjia Shao , Yong Liu , Jingke Zhou , Yin Yang , Jingdong Wang , Kun Zhou

3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) has become a popular solution in SLAM, as it can produce high-fidelity novel views. However, previous GS-based methods primarily target indoor scenes and rely on RGB-D sensors or pre-trained depth estimation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-16 Sicheng Yu , Chong Cheng , Yifan Zhou , Xiaojun Yang , Hao Wang

Recently, 3D Gaussian splatting-based RGB-D SLAM displays remarkable performance of high-fidelity 3D reconstruction. However, the lack of depth rendering consistency and efficient loop closure limits the quality of its geometric…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Xingguang Zhong , Yue Pan , Liren Jin , Marija Popović , Jens Behley , Cyrill Stachniss

Combining 3D Gaussian splatting with Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) has gained popularity as it enables continuous 3D environment reconstruction during motion. However, existing methods struggle in dynamic environments,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-25 Yangfan Zhao , Hanwei Zhang , Ke Huang , Qiufeng Wang , Zhenzhou Shao , Dengyu Wu