LiDAR odometry survey: recent advancements and remaining challenges

D Lee, M Jung, W Yang, A Kim - Intelligent Service Robotics, 2024 - Springer
Odometry is crucial for robot navigation, particularly in situations where global positioning
methods like global positioning system are unavailable. The main goal of odometry is to …

[HTML][HTML] Cyber–physical system architecture of autonomous robot ecosystem for industrial asset monitoring

H Kivrak, MZ Karakusak, S Watson, B Lennox - Computer Communications, 2024 - Elsevier
Driven by advancements in Industry 4.0, the Internet of Things (IoT), digital twins (DT), and
cyber–physical systems (CPS), there is a growing interest in the digitalizing of asset integrity …

Customizable perturbation synthesis for robust slam benchmarking

X Xu, T Zhang, S Wang, X Li, Y Chen, Y Li… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Robustness is a crucial factor for the successful deployment of robots in unstructured
environments, particularly in the domain of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) …

Key Technologies and Applications of UAVs in Underground Space: A Review

B He, X Ji, G Li, B Cheng - IEEE Transactions on Cognitive …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robots, particularly unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), offer significant advantages in
challenging environments. Their application in searching and exploring underground areas …

LIVER: A tightly coupled LiDAR-inertial-visual state estimator with high robustness for underground environments

T Wen, Y Fang, B Lu, X Zhang… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we propose a tightly coupled LiDAR-inertial-visual (LIV) state estimator termed
LIVER, which achieves robust and accurate localization and mapping in underground …

Relead: Resilient localization with enhanced lidar odometry in adverse environments

Z Chen, H Chen, Y Qi, S Zhong, D Feng… - … on Robotics and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
LiDAR-based localization is valuable for applications like mining surveys and underground
facility maintenance. However, existing methods can struggle when dealing with …

Toward Certifying Maps for Safe Registration-Based Localization Under Adverse Conditions

J Laconte, D Lisus, TD Barfoot - IEEE Robotics and Automation …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we propose a way to model the resilience of the Iterative Closest Point (ICP)
algorithm in the presence of corrupted measurements. In the context of autonomous …

Pixel to Elevation: Learning to Predict Elevation Maps at Long Range using Images for Autonomous Offroad Navigation

C Chung, G Georgakis, P Spieler… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Understanding terrain topology at long-range is crucial for the success of off-road robotic
missions, especially when navigating at high-speeds. LiDAR sensors, which are currently …

Graph-based adaptive weighted fusion SLAM using multimodal data in complex underground spaces

X Lin, X Yang, W Yao, X Wang, X Ma, B Ma - ISPRS Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurate and robust simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is essential for
autonomous exploration, unmanned transportation, and emergency rescue operations in …

DRIVE: Data-driven Robot Input Vector Exploration

D Baril, SP Deschênes, L Coupal… - … on Robotics and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An accurate motion model is a fundamental component of most autonomous navigation
systems. While much work has been done on improving model formulation, no standard …