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3D Gaussian splatting (3D-GS) has recently revolutionized novel view synthesis in the simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) problem. However, most existing algorithms fail to fully capture the underlying structure, resulting in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Tianci Wen , Zhiang Liu , Yongchun Fang

We present Real-time Gaussian SLAM (RTG-SLAM), a real-time 3D reconstruction system with an RGBD camera for large-scale environments using Gaussian splatting. The system features a compact Gaussian representation and a highly efficient…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-10 Zhexi Peng , Tianjia Shao , Yong Liu , Jingke Zhou , Yin Yang , Jingdong Wang , Kun Zhou

Incrementally recovering real-sized 3D geometry from a pose-free RGB stream is a challenging task in 3D reconstruction, requiring minimal assumptions on input data. Existing methods can be broadly categorized into end-to-end and visual…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-07 Linqing Zhao , Xiuwei Xu , Yirui Wang , Hao Wang , Wenzhao Zheng , Yansong Tang , Haibin Yan , Jiwen Lu

3D Gaussian Splatting is a powerful visual representation, providing high-quality and efficient 3D scene reconstruction, but it is crucially dependent on accurate camera poses typically obtained from computationally intensive processes like…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-15 Daniel Yang , Jungseok Hong , John J. Leonard , Yogesh Girdhar

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is a critical task that enables autonomous vehicles to construct maps and localize themselves in unknown environments. Recent breakthroughs combine SLAM with 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) to…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Houshu He , Naifeng Jing , Li Jiang , Xiaoyao Liang , Zhuoran Song

3D Gaussian Splatting has emerged as a powerful representation of geometry and appearance for RGB-only dense Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), as it provides a compact dense map representation while enabling efficient and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-28 Erik Sandström , Keisuke Tateno , Michael Oechsle , Michael Niemeyer , Luc Van Gool , Martin R. Oswald , Federico Tombari

3D Gaussian Splatting algorithms excel in novel view rendering applications and have been adapted to extend the capabilities of traditional SLAM systems. However, current Gaussian Splatting SLAM methods, designed mainly for hand-held RGB or…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-01 Zunjie Zhu , Youxu Fang , Xin Li , Chengang Yan , Feng Xu , Chau Yuen , Yanyan Li

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,…

3D Gaussian splatting has emerged as an expressive scene representation for RGB-D visual SLAM, but its application to large-scale, multi-agent outdoor environments remains unexplored. Multi-agent Gaussian SLAM is a promising approach to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Annika Thomas , Aneesa Sonawalla , Alex Rose , Jonathan P. How

Handling the dynamic environments is a significant research challenge in Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). Recent research combines 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) with SLAM to achieve both robust camera pose estimation and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-29 Yunsong Wang , Gim Hee Lee

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), i.e., the reconstruction of the environment represented by a (3D) map and the concurrent pose estimation, has made astonishing progress. Meanwhile, large scale applications aiming at the data…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-06 Vincent Ress , Wei Zhang , David Skuddis , Norbert Haala , Uwe Soergel

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

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

3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) has made remarkable progress in RGBD SLAM. Current methods usually use 3D Gaussians or view-tied 3D Gaussians to represent radiance fields in tracking and mapping. However, these Gaussians are either too…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Pengchong Hu , Zhizhong Han

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) has achieved impressive performance in static environments. However, SLAM in dynamic environments remains an open question. Many methods directly filter out dynamic objects, resulting in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-26 Haoang Li , Xiangqi Meng , Xingxing Zuo , Zhe Liu , Hesheng Wang , Daniel Cremers

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) with 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) enables fast, differentiable rendering and high-fidelity reconstruction across diverse real-world scenes. However, existing 3DGS-SLAM approaches handle…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-11 Anh Thuan Tran , Jana Kosecka

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

SLAM systems based on Gaussian Splatting have garnered attention due to their capabilities for rapid real-time rendering and high-fidelity mapping. However, current Gaussian Splatting SLAM systems usually struggle with large scene…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-25 Jingwei Huang , Mingrui Li , Lei Sun , Aaron Xuxiang Tian , Tianchen Deng , Hongyu Wang

Recent advances in Dense Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) have demonstrated remarkable performance in static environments. However, dense SLAM in dynamic environments remains challenging. Most methods directly remove dynamic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-11 Siting Zhu , Yuxiang Huang , Wenhua Wu , Chaokang Jiang , Yongbo Chen , I-Ming Chen , Hesheng Wang

Recent work has shown that 3D Gaussian-based SLAM enables high-quality reconstruction, accurate pose estimation, and real-time rendering of scenes. However, these approaches are built on a tremendous number of redundant 3D Gaussian…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Tianchen Deng , Chang Nie , Shuhong Liu , Wenhua Wu , Jianfei Yang , Shenghai Yuan , Jiuming Liu , Danwei Wang , Hesheng Wang