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We propose a monocular depth estimator SC-Depth, which requires only unlabelled videos for training and enables the scale-consistent prediction at inference time. Our contributions include: (i) we propose a geometry consistency loss, which…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-11-29 Jia-Wang Bian , Huangying Zhan , Naiyan Wang , Zhichao Li , Le Zhang , Chunhua Shen , Ming-Ming Cheng , Ian Reid

This work presents a novel RGB-D-inertial dynamic SLAM method that can enable accurate localisation when the majority of the camera view is occluded by multiple dynamic objects over a long period of time. Most dynamic SLAM approaches either…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-24 Ran Long , Christian Rauch , Vladimir Ivan , Tin Lun Lam , Sethu Vijayakumar

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

Real-time SLAM with dense 3D mapping is computationally challenging, especially on resource-limited devices. The recent development of 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) offers a promising approach for real-time dense 3D reconstruction. However,…

Neural implicit representations have recently demonstrated compelling results on dense Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) but suffer from the accumulation of errors in camera tracking and distortion in the reconstruction.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-09-06 Youmin Zhang , Fabio Tosi , Stefano Mattoccia , Matteo Poggi

Recent advances in 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) have enabled RGB-only SLAM systems to achieve high-fidelity scene representation. However, the heavy reliance of existing systems on photometric rendering loss for camera tracking undermines…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-01 Zhen Tan , Xieyuanli Chen , Lei Feng , Yangbing Ge , Shuaifeng Zhi , Jiaxiong Liu , Dewen Hu

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

The majority of visual SLAM systems are not robust in dynamic scenarios. The ones that deal with dynamic objects in the scenes usually rely on deep-learning-based methods to detect and filter these objects. However, these methods cannot…

Visual SLAM algorithms have been enhanced through the exploration of Gaussian Splatting representations, particularly in generating high-fidelity dense maps. While existing methods perform reliably in static environments, they often…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Yi Liu , Keyu Fan , Bin Lan , Houde Liu

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

We present FoundationSLAM, a learning-based monocular dense SLAM system that addresses the absence of geometric consistency in previous flow-based approaches for accurate and robust tracking and mapping. Our core idea is to bridge flow…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-05 Yuchen Wu , Jiahe Li , Fabio Tosi , Matteo Poggi , Jin Zheng , Xiao Bai

Conventional visual simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithms often fail under rapid motion, low illumination, or abrupt lighting transitions due to motion blur and limited dynamic range. Event cameras mitigate these issues…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Şebnem Sarıözkan , Hürkan Şahin , Olaya Álvarez-Tuñón , Erdal Kayacan

The integration of RGB and depth modalities significantly enhances the accuracy of segmenting complex indoor scenes, with depth data from RGB-D cameras playing a crucial role in this improvement. However, collecting an RGB-D dataset is more…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-25 Xinhua Xu , Hong Liu , Jianbing Wu , Jinfu Liu

Cooperative Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (C-SLAM) enables multiple agents to work together in mapping unknown environments while simultaneously estimating their own positions. This approach enhances robustness, scalability, and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-28 Joshua Bird , Jan Blumenkamp , Amanda Prorok

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

We present ViSTA-SLAM as a real-time monocular visual SLAM system that operates without requiring camera intrinsics, making it broadly applicable across diverse camera setups. At its core, the system employs a lightweight symmetric two-view…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-07 Ganlin Zhang , Shenhan Qian , Xi Wang , Daniel Cremers

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

Recent progress in scene synthesis makes standalone SLAM systems purely based on optimizing hyperprimitives with a Rendering objective possible. However, the tracking performance still lacks behind traditional and end-to-end SLAM systems.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-02 Christian Homeyer , Leon Begiristain , Christoph Schnörr

A robust and efficient Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) system is essential for robot autonomy. For visual SLAM algorithms, though the theoretical framework has been well established for most aspects, feature extraction and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-08-13 Dongjiang Li , Xuesong Shi , Qiwei Long , Shenghui Liu , Wei Yang , Fangshi Wang , Qi Wei , Fei Qiao

Visual scene understanding is an important capability that enables robots to purposefully act in their environment. In this paper, we propose a novel approach to object-class segmentation from multiple RGB-D views using deep learning. We…

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