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This paper considers the problem of finding a landing spot for a drone in a dense urban environment. The conflicting requirement of fast exploration and high resolution is solved using a multi-resolution approach, by which visual…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-12-21 Barak Pinkovich , Boaz Matalon , Ehud Rivlin , Hector Rotstein

Precision mapping of landslide inventory is crucial for hazard mitigation. Most landslides generally co-exist with other confusing geological features, and the presence of such areas can only be inferred unambiguously at a large scale. In…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-21 Qing Zhu , Lin Chen , Han Hu , Binzhi Xu , Yeting Zhang , Haifeng Li

Multimodal sensor fusion methods for 3D object detection have been revolutionizing the autonomous driving research field. Nevertheless, most of these methods heavily rely on dense LiDAR data and accurately calibrated sensors which is often…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-06-14 Maciej K. Wozniak , Viktor Karefjards , Marko Thiel , Patric Jensfelt

Drones, or general UAVs, equipped with a single camera have been widely deployed to a broad range of applications, such as aerial photography, fast goods delivery and most importantly, surveillance. Despite the great progress achieved in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-10-21 Haotian Zhang , Gaoang Wang , Zhichao Lei , Jenq-Neng Hwang

As the previous state-of-the-art 4D radar-camera fusion-based 3D object detection method, LXL utilizes the predicted image depth distribution maps and radar 3D occupancy grids to assist the sampling-based image view transformation. However,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-21 Weiyi Xiong , Zean Zou , Qiuchi Zhao , Fengchun He , Bing Zhu

Visible light positioning (VLP) technology is a promising technique as it can provide high accuracy positioning based on the existing lighting infrastructure. However, existing approaches often require dense lighting distributions.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-09-06 Weipeng Guan , Patrick Yue

To address the need for high-precision localization of climbing robots in complex high-altitude environments, this paper proposes a multi-sensor fusion system that overcomes the limitations of single-sensor approaches. Firstly, the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-27 Shuning Zhang , Zhanchen Zhu , Xiangyu Chen , Yunheng Wang , Xu Jiang , Peibo Duan , Renjing Xu

Accurate measurement of blast-induced rock fragmentation is of great importance for many mining operations. The post-blast rock size distribution can significantly influence the efficiency of all the downstream mining and comminution…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-07-15 Thomas Bamford , Kamran Esmaeili , Angela P. Schoellig

The joint adaptive detection of multiple point-like targets in scenarios characterized by different clutter types is still an open problem in the radar community. In this paper, we provide a solution to this problem by devising detection…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-26 Linjie Yan , Sudan Han , Chengpeng Hao , Danilo Orlando , Giuseppe Ricci

In this paper, we address the problem of adaptive path planning for accurate semantic segmentation of terrain using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The usage of UAVs for terrain monitoring and remote sensing is rapidly gaining momentum due…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-08-05 Felix Stache , Jonas Westheider , Federico Magistri , Marija Popović , Cyrill Stachniss

A realistic view of the vehicle's surroundings is generally offered by camera sensors, which is crucial for environmental perception. Affordable radar sensors, on the other hand, are becoming invaluable due to their robustness in variable…

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With the rapid growth of the low-altitude economy, UAVs have become crucial for measurement and tracking in patrol systems. However, in GNSS-denied areas, satellite-based localization methods are prone to failure. This paper presents a…

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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have increasingly been adopted for safety, security, and rescue missions, for which they need precise and reliable pose estimates relative to their environment. To ensure mission safety when relying on visual…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-09-19 Chengyao Li , Steven L. Waslander

Target detection is pivotal for modern urban computing applications. While image-based techniques are widely adopted, they falter under challenging environmental conditions such as adverse weather, poor lighting, and occlusion. To improve…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-29 Chen Zhu , Zhouxiang Zhao , Zejing Shan , Lijie Yang , Sijie Ji , Zhaohui Yang , Zhaoyang Zhang

Research in the field of autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has significantly advanced in recent years, mainly due to their relevance in a large variety of commercial, industrial, and military applications. However, UAV navigation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-02-03 Akkas Haque , Ahmed Elsaharti , Tarek Elderini , Mohamed Atef Elsaharty , Jeremiah Neubert

Fusing Radar and Lidar sensor data can fully utilize their complementary advantages and provide more accurate reconstruction of the surrounding for autonomous driving systems. Surround Radar/Lidar can provide 360-degree view sampling with…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-28 Wenjing Xie , Tao Hu , Neiwen Ling , Guoliang Xing , Chun Jason Xue , Nan Guan

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are widely used for aerial photography and remote sensing applications. One of the main challenges is to stitch together multiple images into a single high-resolution image that covers a large area.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Selim Ahmet Iz , Mustafa Unel

In this paper, we present LiRaNet, a novel end-to-end trajectory prediction method which utilizes radar sensor information along with widely used lidar and high definition (HD) maps. Automotive radar provides rich, complementary…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-11-16 Meet Shah , Zhiling Huang , Ankit Laddha , Matthew Langford , Blake Barber , Sidney Zhang , Carlos Vallespi-Gonzalez , Raquel Urtasun

3D object detection is essential for autonomous driving. As an emerging sensor, 4D imaging radar offers advantages as low cost, long-range detection, and accurate velocity measurement, making it highly suitable for object detection.…

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