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In this paper we introduce Co-Fusion, a dense SLAM system that takes a live stream of RGB-D images as input and segments the scene into different objects (using either motion or semantic cues) while simultaneously tracking and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-09-06 Martin Rünz , Lourdes Agapito

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is essential for mobile robotics, enabling autonomous navigation in dynamic, unstructured outdoor environments without relying on external positioning systems. These environments pose significant…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-11 Fabian Schmidt , Constantin Blessing , Markus Enzweiler , Abhinav Valada

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is pivotal in robotics, with photorealistic scene reconstruction emerging as a key challenge. To address this, we introduce Computational Alignment for Real-Time Gaussian Splatting SLAM (CaRtGS),…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-11 Dapeng Feng , Zhiqiang Chen , Yizhen Yin , Shipeng Zhong , Yuhua Qi , Hongbo Chen

With the ability of providing direct and accurate enough range measurements, light detection and ranging (LiDAR) is playing an essential role in localization and detection for autonomous vehicles. Since single LiDAR suffers from hardware…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-01-14 Yusheng Wang , Yidong Lou , Weiwei Song , Huan Yu , Zhiyong Tu

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) technology has been widely applied in various robotic scenarios, from rescue operations to autonomous driving. However, the generalization of SLAM algorithms remains a significant challenge, as…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-31 Hexiang Wei , Jianhao Jiao , Xiangcheng Hu , Jingwen Yu , Xupeng Xie , Jin Wu , Yilong Zhu , Yuxuan Liu , Lujia Wang , Ming Liu

This paper presents a novel approach to visual simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) using multiple RGB-D cameras. The proposed method, Multicam-SLAM, significantly enhances the robustness and accuracy of SLAM systems by capturing…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-06-25 Shenghao Li , Luchao Pang , Xianglong Hu

Active Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM) is a critical problem in autonomous robotics, enabling robots to navigate to new regions while building an accurate model of their surroundings. Visual SLAM is a popular technique that…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-17 Kenji Leong

Recent advances in 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) present two main directions: feed-forward models offer fast inference in sparse-view settings, while per-scene optimization yields high-quality renderings but is computationally expensive. To…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-02 Yueh-Cheng Liu , Jozef Hladký , Matthias Nießner , Angela Dai

3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) has gained significant attention for its application in dense Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), enabling real-time rendering and high-fidelity mapping. However, existing 3DGS-based SLAM methods often…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-18 Ziheng Xu , Qingfeng Li , Chen Chen , Xuefeng Liu , Jianwei Niu

Recent research on Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) based on implicit representation has shown promising results in indoor environments. However, there are still some challenges: the limited scene representation capability of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-19 Wenhua Wu , Guangming Wang , Ting Deng , Sebastian Aegidius , Stuart Shanks , Valerio Modugno , Dimitrios Kanoulas , Hesheng Wang

Typical attempts to improve the capability of visual place recognition techniques include the use of multi-sensor fusion and integration of information over time from image sequences. These approaches can improve performance but have…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-03-11 Stephen Hausler , Adam Jacobson , Michael Milford

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

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

Multimodal fusion of remote sensing images serves as a core technology for overcoming the limitations of single-source data and improving the accuracy of surface information extraction, which exhibits significant application value in fields…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-12 Siyu Zhang , Lianlei Shan , Runhe Qiu

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

Accurate localization in challenging garage environments -- marked by poor lighting, sparse textures, repetitive structures, dynamic scenes, and the absence of GPS -- is crucial for automated valet parking (AVP) tasks. Addressing these…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-02 Ye Li , Wenchao Yang , Dekun Lin , Qianlei Wang , Zhe Cui , Xiaolin Qin

In this paper, we propose a flexible SLAM framework, XRDSLAM. It adopts a modular code design and a multi-process running mechanism, providing highly reusable foundational modules such as unified dataset management, 3d visualization,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-01 Xiaomeng Wang , Nan Wang , Guofeng Zhang

In this paper, we present a system for incrementally reconstructing a dense 3D model of the geometry of an outdoor environment using a single monocular camera attached to a moving vehicle. Dense models provide a rich representation of the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-08-18 Louis Gallagher , Varun Ravi Kumar , Senthil Yogamani , John B. McDonald

Fusing 3D LiDAR features with 2D camera features is a promising technique for enhancing the accuracy of 3D detection, thanks to their complementary physical properties. While most of the existing methods focus on directly fusing camera…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-17 Lemeng Wu , Dilin Wang , Meng Li , Yunyang Xiong , Raghuraman Krishnamoorthi , Qiang Liu , Vikas Chandra

In remote sensing, each sensor can provide complementary or reinforcing information. It is valuable to fuse outputs from multiple sensors to boost overall performance. Previous supervised fusion methods often require accurate labels for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-11-22 Xiaoxiao Du , Alina Zare