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We propose a novel hybrid calibration-free method FreeCap to accurately capture global multi-person motions in open environments. Our system combines a single LiDAR with expandable moving cameras, allowing for flexible and precise motion…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-11 Aoru Xue , Yiming Ren , Zining Song , Mao Ye , Xinge Zhu , Yuexin Ma

The combination of data from multiple sensors, also known as sensor fusion or data fusion, is a key aspect in the design of autonomous robots. In particular, algorithms able to accommodate sensor fusion techniques enable increased accuracy,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-26 Li Qingqing , Jorge Peña Queralta , Tuan Nguyen Gia , Zhuo Zou , Tomi Westerlund

3D object detection is fundamentally important for various emerging applications, including autonomous driving and robotics. A key requirement for training an accurate 3D object detector is the availability of a large amount of LiDAR-based…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-04 Ruiyu Mao , Sarthak Kumar Maharana , Rishabh K Iyer , Yunhui Guo

Multi-agent exploration of a bounded 3D environment with unknown initial positions of agents is a challenging problem. It requires quickly exploring the environments as well as robustly merging the sub-maps built by the agents. We take the…

Reliable dynamic object detection in cluttered environments remains a critical challenge for autonomous navigation. Purely geometric LiDAR pipelines that rely on clustering and heuristic filtering can miss dynamic obstacles when they move…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-18 Juan Rached , Yixuan Jia , Kota Kondo , Jonathan P. How

Robust localization in dense urban scenarios using a low-cost sensor setup and sparse HD maps is highly relevant for the current advances in autonomous driving, but remains a challenging topic in research. We present a novel monocular…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-22 Kürsat Petek , Kshitij Sirohi , Daniel Büscher , Wolfram Burgard

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…

Point clouds have shown significant potential in various domains, including Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). However, existing approaches either rely on dense point clouds to achieve high localization accuracy or use…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-06 Xiaze Zhang , Ziheng Ding , Qi Jing , Yuejie Zhang , Wenchao Ding , Rui Feng

Developing a robust and effective obstacle detection and tracking system for Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) at marine environments is a challenging task. Research efforts have been made in this area during the past years by GRAAL lab at the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-12 Yara AlaaEldin , Enrico Simetti , Francesca Odone

This paper presents a system for autonomous semantic exploration and dense semantic target mapping of a complex unknown environment using a ground robot equipped with a LiDAR-panoramic camera suite. Existing approaches often struggle to…

Accurate perception of dynamic obstacles is essential for autonomous robot navigation in indoor environments. Although sophisticated 3D object detection and tracking methods have been investigated and developed thoroughly in the fields of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-03 Zhefan Xu , Haoyu Shen , Xinming Han , Hanyu Jin , Kanlong Ye , Kenji Shimada

One key vertical application that will be enabled by 6G is the automation of the processes with the increased use of robots. As a result, sensing and localization of the surrounding environment becomes a crucial factor for these robots to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-23 Madhushanka Padmal , Dileepa Marasinghe , Vijitha Isuru , Nalin Jayaweera , Samad Ali , Nandana Rajatheva

In dynamic environments, the ability to detect and track moving objects in real-time is crucial for autonomous robots to navigate safely and effectively. Traditional methods for dynamic object detection rely on high accuracy odometry and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-08 Wenqiang Du , Giovanni Beltrame

Reconstructing an accurate and consistent large-scale LiDAR point cloud map is crucial for robotics applications. The existing solution, pose graph optimization, though it is time-efficient, does not directly optimize the mapping…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-27 Xiyuan Liu , Zheng Liu , Fanze Kong , Fu Zhang

Over the past decade, lidars have become a cornerstone of robotics state estimation and perception thanks to their ability to provide accurate geometric information about their surroundings in the form of 3D scans. Unfortunately, most of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Cedric Le Gentil , Raphael Falque , Teresa Vidal-Calleja

This work presents UNO, a unified monocular visual odometry framework that enables robust and adaptable pose estimation across diverse environments, platforms, and motion patterns. Unlike traditional methods that rely on deployment-specific…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-10 Wentao Zhao , Yihe Niu , Yanbo Wang , Tianchen Deng , Shenghai Yuan , Zhenli Wang , Rui Guo , Jingchuan Wang

This paper presents a Multi-Object Tracking (MOT) framework that fuses radar and camera data to enhance tracking efficiency while minimizing manual interventions. Contrary to many studies that underutilize radar and assign it a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-06 Lei Cheng , Siyang Cao

To meet the requirements for managing unauthorized UAVs in the low-altitude economy, a multi-modal UAV trajectory prediction method based on the fusion of LiDAR and millimeter-wave radar information is proposed. A deep fusion network for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Yuan Gao , Xinyu Guo , Wenjing Xie , Zifan Wang , Hongwen Yu , Gongyang Li , Shugong Xu

Existing LGL methods typically consider only partial information (e.g., geometric features) from LiDAR observations or are designed for homogeneous LiDAR sensors, overlooking the uniformity in LGL. In this work, a uniform LGL method is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-01 Hongming Shen , Xun Chen , Yulin Hui , Zhenyu Wu , Wei Wang , Qiyang Lyu , Tianchen Deng , Danwei Wang

Reliable multi-modal calibration requires identifying which observations truly constrain the extrinsic parameters and which ones mainly add noise or ambiguity. In this paper, we propose a support-map-driven approach to multi-modal…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-25 Rajitha de Silva , Grzegorz Cielniak