相关论文: FAST-LIO2: Fast Direct LiDAR-inertial Odometry

Millimeter wave radar can measure distances, directions, and Doppler velocity for objects in harsh conditions such as fog. The 4D imaging radar with both vertical and horizontal data resembling an image can also measure objects' height.…

We present Multi-Layer Intensity Map, a novel 3D object representation for robot perception and autonomous navigation. Intensity maps consist of multiple stacked layers of 2D grid maps each derived from reflected point cloud intensities…

Extensive research efforts have been dedicated to deep learning based odometry. Nonetheless, few efforts are made on the unsupervised deep lidar odometry. In this paper, we design a novel framework for unsupervised lidar odometry with the…

This paper presents a real-time 3D mapping framework based on global matching cost minimization and LiDAR-IMU tight coupling. The proposed framework comprises a preprocessing module and three estimation modules: odometry estimation, local…

It is typically challenging for visual or visual-inertial odometry systems to handle the problems of dynamic scenes and pure rotation. In this work, we design a novel visual-inertial odometry (VIO) system called RD-VIO to handle both of…

Autonomous platforms require accurate positioning to complete their tasks. To this end, a Kalman filter-based algorithms, such as the extended Kalman filter or invariant Kalman filter, utilizing inertial and external sensor fusion are…

This paper proposes FAST-Calib, a fast and user-friendly LiDAR-camera extrinsic calibration tool based on a custom-made 3D target. FAST-Calib supports both mechanical and solid-state LiDARs by leveraging an efficient and reliable edge…

In unstructured outdoor environments, robotics requires accurate and efficient odometry with low computational time. Existing low-bias LiDAR odometry methods are often computationally expensive. To address this problem, we present a…

Existing LiDAR-inertial state estimation assumes that the state at the beginning of current sweep is identical to the state at the end of last sweep. However, if the state at the end of last sweep is not accurate, the current state cannot…

Inertial odometry (IO) directly estimates the position of a carrier from inertial sensor measurements and serves as a core technology for the widespread deployment of consumer grade localization systems. While existing IO methods can…

Accurate, infrastructure-less sensor systems for motion tracking are essential for mobile robotics and augmented reality (AR) applications. The most popular state-of-the-art visual-inertial odometry (VIO) systems, however, are too…

Autonomous navigation in unstructured environments requires robots to assess terrain difficulty in real-time and plan paths that balance efficiency with safety. This thesis presents a traversability-aware navigation framework for the M4…

In this work, we develop a scalable approach for a flexible latent factor model for high-dimensional dynamical systems. Each latent factor process has its own correlation and variance parameters, and the orthogonal factor loading matrix can…

LiDAR-based 3D perception and localization on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are fundamentally limited by the narrow field of view (FoV) of compact LiDAR sensors and the payload constraints that preclude multi-sensor configurations.…

In this work, we propose the LiDAR Road-Atlas, a compactable and efficient 3D map representation, for autonomous robot or vehicle navigation in general urban environment. The LiDAR Road-Atlas can be generated by an online mapping framework…

In this paper, we present INertial Lidar Localisation Autocalibration And MApping (IN2LAAMA): an offline probabilistic framework for localisation, mapping, and extrinsic calibration based on a 3D-lidar and a 6-DoF-IMU. Most of today's…

This paper presents an accurate and robust Structure-from-Motion (SfM) pipeline named LiVisSfM, which is an SfM-based reconstruction system that fully combines LiDAR and visual cues. Unlike most existing LiDAR-inertial odometry (LIO) and…

Autonomous vehicles are being tested in diverse environments worldwide. However, a notable gap exists in evaluating datasets representing natural, unstructured environments such as forests or gardens. To address this, we present a study on…

In safety-critical scenarios, the protection level of the autonomous navigation system is crucial for enabling mobile robots to perform safe tasks. However, existing studies on probabilistic navigation systems for robots usually perform…

Accurate robot odometry is essential for autonomous navigation. While numerous techniques have been developed based on various sensor suites, odometry estimation using only radar and IMU remains an underexplored area. Radar proves…