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In this work, we explore the use of objects in Simultaneous Localization and Mapping in unseen worlds and propose an object-aided system (OA-SLAM). More precisely, we show that, compared to low-level points, the major benefit of objects…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-09-20 Matthieu Zins , Gilles Simon , Marie-Odile Berger

Autonomous off-road navigation requires an accurate semantic understanding of the environment, often converted into a bird's-eye view (BEV) representation for various downstream tasks. While learning-based methods have shown success in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-06 Ohn Kim , Junwon Seo , Seongyong Ahn , Chong Hui Kim

In recent years, Onboard Self Localization (OSL) methods based on cameras or Lidar have achieved many significant progresses. However, some issues such as estimation drift and feature-dependence still remain inherent limitations. On the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-10-26 Thien-Minh Nguyen , Shenghai Yuan , Muqing Cao , Yang Lyu , Thien Hoang Nguyen , Lihua Xie

Routine and repetitive infrastructure inspections present safety, efficiency, and consistency challenges as they are performed manually, often in challenging or hazardous environments. They can also introduce subjectivity and errors into…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-01-28 Jake McLaughlin , Nicholas Charron , Sriram Narasimhan

Traditional Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (vSLAM) systems focus solely on static scene structures, overlooking dynamic elements in the environment. Although effective for accurate visual odometry in complex scenarios, these…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-24 Jesse Morris , Yiduo Wang , Mikolaj Kliniewski , Viorela Ila

Globally-consistent localization in urban environments is crucial for autonomous systems such as self-driving vehicles and drones, as well as assistive technologies for visually impaired people. Traditional Visual-Inertial Odometry (VIO)…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-13 Roxane Merat , Giovanni Cioffi , Leonard Bauersfeld , Davide Scaramuzza

Dynamic objects in the environment, such as people and other agents, lead to challenges for existing simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) approaches. To deal with dynamic environments, computer vision researchers usually apply some…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-08-04 Tianwei Zhang , Huayan Zhang , Xiaofei Li , Junfeng Chen , Tin Lun Lam , Sethu Vijayakumar

The Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) problem addresses the possibility of a robot to localize itself in an unknown environment and simultaneously build a consistent map of this environment. Recently, cameras have been…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-06-02 Hudson M. S. Bruno , Esther L. Colombini

Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) is a fundamental problem in mobile robotics. While point-based SLAM methods provide accurate camera localization, the generated maps lack semantic information. On the other hand, state of the art…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-11-05 Mehdi Hosseinzadeh , Yasir Latif , Trung Pham , Niko Suenderhauf , Ian Reid

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is a fundamental task to mobile and aerial robotics. LiDAR based systems have proven to be superior compared to vision based systems due to its accuracy and robustness. In spite of its…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-03-01 Weizhao Shao , Srinivasan Vijayarangan , Cong Li , George Kantor

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) achieves the purpose of simultaneous positioning and map construction based on self-perception. The paper makes an overview in SLAM including Lidar SLAM, visual SLAM, and their fusion. For Lidar…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-02-17 Baichuan Huang , Jun Zhao , Jingbin Liu

Autonomous exploration of unknown space is an essential component for the deployment of mobile robots in the real world. Safe navigation is crucial for all robotics applications and requires accurate and consistent maps of the robot's…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Sotiris Papatheodorou , Simon Boche , Sebastián Barbas Laina , Stefan Leutenegger

In the realm of robotics, achieving simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is paramount for autonomous navigation, especially in challenging environments like texture-less structures. This paper proposed a factor-graph-based model…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-18 Manh Do Duc , Thanh Nguyen Canh , Minh DoNgoc , Xiem HoangVan

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

Driven by deep learning techniques, perception technology in autonomous driving has developed rapidly in recent years, enabling vehicles to accurately detect and interpret surrounding environment for safe and efficient navigation. To…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-27 Shanliang Yao , Runwei Guan , Xiaoyu Huang , Zhuoxiao Li , Xiangyu Sha , Yong Yue , Eng Gee Lim , Hyungjoon Seo , Ka Lok Man , Xiaohui Zhu , Yutao Yue

Recent advances in neural radiation fields (NeRF) and 3D Gaussian-based SLAM have achieved impressive localization accuracy and high-quality dense mapping in static scenes. However, these methods remain challenged in dynamic environments,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-04 Wenhua Wu , Chenpeng Su , Siting Zhu , Tianchen Deng , Jianhao Jiao , Guangming Wang , Dimitrios Kanoulas , Zhe Liu , Hesheng Wang

The development of data innovation as of late and the expanded limit, has permitted the acquaintance of artificial vision connected with SLAM, offering ascend to what is known as Visual SLAM. The objective of this paper is to build up a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-19 V. I Mebin Jose , D. J Binoj

Navigating toy drones through uncharted GPS-denied indoor spaces poses significant difficulties due to their reliance on GPS for location determination. In such circumstances, the necessity for achieving proper navigation is a primary…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-22 Murad Tukan , Fares Fares , Yotam Grufinkle , Ido Talmor , Loay Mualem , Vladimir Braverman , Dan Feldman

This paper proposes a novel visual simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) system called Hybrid Depth-augmented Panoramic Visual SLAM (HDPV-SLAM), that employs a panoramic camera and a tilted multi-beam LiDAR scanner to generate…

Visual perception plays an important role in autonomous driving. One of the primary tasks is object detection and identification. Since the vision sensor is rich in color and texture information, it can quickly and accurately identify…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-12-23 Fei Liu , Zihao Lu , Xianke Lin