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For effective autonomous navigation,estimation of the pose of the robot is essential at every sampling time. For computing an accurate estimation,odometric error needs to be reduced with the help of data from external sensor. In this work,…

This paper presents a fast lidar-inertial odometry (LIO) that is robust to aggressive motion. To achieve robust tracking in aggressive motion scenes, we exploit the continuous scanning property of lidar to adaptively divide the full scan…

Lidar-only odometry aims to estimate the trajectory of a mobile platform from a stream of lidar scans. Traditional scan-to map approaches register each scan against a single, evolving map, which propagates registration errors over time. To…

Over the past decade, lidars have become a cornerstone of robotics state estimation and perception thanks to their ability to provide accurate geometric information about their surroundings in the form of 3D scans. Unfortunately, most of…

Enhancing visual odometry by exploiting sparse depth measurements from LiDAR is a promising solution for improving tracking accuracy of an odometry. Most existing works utilize a monocular pinhole camera, yet could suffer from poor…

Pose estimation purely based on 3D point-cloud could suffer from degradation, e.g. scan blocks or scans in repetitive environments. To deal with this problem, we propose an approach for fusing 3D spinning LiDAR and IMU to estimate the…

Aggressive motions from agile flights or traversing irregular terrain induce motion distortion in LiDAR scans that can degrade state estimation and mapping. Some methods exist to mitigate this effect, but they are still too simplistic or…

LiDAR-based localization is valuable for applications like mining surveys and underground facility maintenance. However, existing methods can struggle when dealing with uninformative geometric structures in challenging scenarios. This paper…

Point cloud registration is a key problem for computer vision applied to robotics, medical imaging, and other applications. This problem involves finding a rigid transformation from one point cloud into another so that they align. Iterative…

To achieve accurate and robust pose estimation in Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) task, multi-sensor fusion is proven to be an effective solution and thus provides great potential in robotic applications. This paper proposes…

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…

In this note, we propose an approach to initialize the Iterative Closest Point (ICP) algorithm to match unlabelled point clouds related by rigid transformations. The method is based on matching the ellipsoids defined by the points'…

Traditional LiDAR odometry (LO) systems mainly leverage geometric information obtained from the traversed surroundings to register laser scans and estimate LiDAR ego-motion, while it may be unreliable in dynamic or unstructured…

An improved Iterative Physical Optics (IPO) image approximation method has been presented to dramatically increase the accuracy of the approximation and extend its applicability to PEC surfaces with smaller radii or larger curvatures.…

This paper presents an end-to-end radar odometry system which delivers robust, real-time pose estimates based on a learned embedding space free of sensing artefacts and distractor objects. The system deploys a fully differentiable,…

Autonomous navigation for legged robots in complex and dynamic environments relies on robust simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) systems to accurately map surroundings and localize the robot, ensuring safe and efficient operation.…

Radar odometry is crucial for robust localization in challenging environments; however, the sparsity of reliable returns and distinctive noise characteristics impede its performance. This paper introduces geometrically-constrained…

Lidar data can be used to generate point clouds for the navigation of autonomous vehicles or mobile robotics platforms. Scan matching, the process of estimating the rigid transformation that best aligns two point clouds, is the basis for…

This paper presents an effective and reliable pose tracking solution, termed ERPoT, for mobile robots operating in large-scale outdoor and challenging indoor environments, underpinned by an innovative prior polygon map. Especially, to…

In estimating odometry accurately, an inertial measurement unit (IMU) is widely used owing to its high-rate measurements, which can be utilized to obtain motion information through IMU propagation. In this paper, we address the limitations…