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We present a modular, full-stack autonomy system for lunar surface navigation and mapping developed for the Lunar Autonomy Challenge. Operating in a GNSS-denied, visually challenging environment, our pipeline integrates semantic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-19 Adam Dai , Asta Wu , Keidai Iiyama , Guillem Casadesus Vila , Kaila Coimbra , Thomas Deng , Grace Gao

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is considered to be a fundamental capability for intelligent mobile robots. Over the past decades, many impressed SLAM systems have been developed and achieved good performance under certain…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-02-19 Chao Yu , Zuxin Liu , Xinjun Liu , Fugui Xie , Yi Yang , Qi Wei , Qiao Fei

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

Despite advancements in SLAM technologies, robust operation under challenging conditions such as low-texture, motion-blur, or challenging lighting remains an open challenge. Such conditions are common in applications such as assistive…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-10 Marziyeh Bamdad , Hans-Peter Hutter , Alireza Darvishy

The application of monocular dense Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is often hindered by high latency, large GPU memory consumption, and reliance on camera calibration. To relax this constraint, we propose EC3R-SLAM, a novel…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-03 Lingxiang Hu , Naima Ait Oufroukh , Fabien Bonardi , Raymond Ghandour

SLAM systems based on NeRF have demonstrated superior performance in rendering quality and scene reconstruction for static environments compared to traditional dense SLAM. However, they encounter tracking drift and mapping errors in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-12 Mingrui Li , Yiming Zhou , Guangan Jiang , Tianchen Deng , Yangyang Wang , Hongyu Wang

In this work, we propose a simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) system using a monocular camera and Ultra-wideband (UWB) sensors. Our system, referred to as VRSLAM, is a multi-stage framework that leverages the strengths and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-21 Thien Hoang Nguyen , Shenghai Yuan , Lihua Xie

We present a Deep Learning based system for the twin tasks of localization and obstacle avoidance essential to any mobile robot. Our system learns from conventional geometric SLAM, and outputs, using a single camera, the topological pose of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-02-07 Punarjay Chakravarty , Praveen Narayanan , Tom Roussel

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is used to predict the dynamic motion path of a moving platform based on the location coordinates and the precise mapping of the physical environment. SLAM has great potential in augmented…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-01-05 Thangarajah Akilan , Edna Johnson , Japneet Sandhu , Ritika Chadha , Gaurav Taluja

Robust and fast motion estimation and mapping is a key prerequisite for autonomous operation of mobile robots. The goal of performing this task solely on a stereo pair of video cameras is highly demanding and bears conflicting objectives:…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-10-19 Nicola Krombach , David Droeschel , Sebastian Houben , Sven Behnke

In this paper, we present an efficient visual SLAM system designed to tackle both short-term and long-term illumination challenges. Our system adopts a hybrid approach that combines deep learning techniques for feature detection and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-28 Kuan Xu , Yuefan Hao , Shenghai Yuan , Chen Wang , Lihua Xie

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) have made the real-time dense reconstruction possible increasing the prospects of navigation, tracking, and augmented reality problems. Some breakthroughs have been achieved in this regard during…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-05-22 Redhwan Jamiruddin , Ali Osman Sari , Jahanzaib Shabbir , Tarique Anwer

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

As the foundation of driverless vehicle and intelligent robots, Simultaneous Localization and Mapping(SLAM) has attracted much attention these days. However, non-geometric modules of traditional SLAM algorithms are limited by data…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-01-25 Rong Kang , Jieqi Shi , Xueming Li , Yang Liu , Xiao Liu

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

Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) systems are an essential component in agricultural robotics that enable autonomous navigation and the construction of accurate 3D maps of agricultural fields. However, lack of texture,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-07-12 Mohamad Qadri , George Kantor

The real-world deployment of fully autonomous mobile robots depends on a robust SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) system, capable of handling dynamic environments, where objects are moving in front of the robot, and changing…

Numerous Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) algorithms have been presented in last decade using different sensor modalities. However, robust SLAM in extreme weather conditions is still an open research problem. In this paper,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-05-06 Ziyang Hong , Yvan Petillot , Sen Wang

Complementing images with inertial measurements has become one of the most popular approaches to achieve highly accurate and robust real-time camera pose tracking. In this paper, we present a keyframe-based approach to visual-inertial…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-05 Anton Kasyanov , Francis Engelmann , Jörg Stückler , Bastian Leibe

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) stands as one of the critical challenges in robot navigation. A SLAM system often consists of a front-end component for motion estimation and a back-end system for eliminating estimation drifts.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Taimeng Fu , Shaoshu Su , Yiren Lu , Chen Wang