Champion-level drone racing using deep reinforcement learning

E Kaufmann, L Bauersfeld, A Loquercio, M Müller… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
First-person view (FPV) drone racing is a televised sport in which professional competitors
pilot high-speed aircraft through a 3D circuit. Each pilot sees the environment from the …

SLAM; definition and evolution

H Taheri, ZC Xia - Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is a key problem in the field of
Artificial Intelligence and mobile robotics that addresses the problem of localization and …

UcoSLAM: Simultaneous localization and mapping by fusion of keypoints and squared planar markers

R Munoz-Salinas, R Medina-Carnicer - Pattern Recognition, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Simultaneous Localization and Mapping is the process of simultaneously creating a
map of the environment while navigating in it. Most of the SLAM approaches use natural …

Mapping and localization from planar markers

R Muñoz-Salinas, MJ Marín-Jimenez… - Pattern Recognition, 2018 - Elsevier
Squared planar markers are a popular tool for fast, accurate and robust camera localization,
but its use is frequently limited to a single marker, or at most, to a small set of them for which …

Feature-constrained real-time simultaneous monitoring of monocular vision odometry for bridge bearing displacement and rotation

Z Su, B Wei, J Zhang - Automation in Construction, 2023 - Elsevier
The displacement and rotation are critical indicators of bridge's health, especially for the key
components of the bridge such as bridge bearings. This study presents a real-time …

SPM-SLAM: Simultaneous localization and mapping with squared planar markers

R Munoz-Salinas, MJ Marin-Jimenez… - Pattern Recognition, 2019 - Elsevier
SLAM is generally addressed using natural landmarks such as keypoints or texture, but it
poses some limitations, such as the need for enough textured environments and high …

[HTML][HTML] ArTuga: A novel multimodal fiducial marker for aerial robotics

RM Claro, DB Silva, AM Pinto - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract For Vertical Take-Off and Landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (VTOL UAVs) to
operate autonomously and effectively, it is mandatory to endow them with precise landing …

TopoTag: A robust and scalable topological fiducial marker system

G Yu, Y Hu, J Dai - IEEE Transactions on Visualization and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fiducial markers have been playing an important role in augmented reality (AR), robot
navigation, and general applications where the relative pose between a camera and an …

Design, detection, and tracking of customized fiducial markers

D Jurado-Rodríguez, R Muñoz-Salinas… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fiducial markers such as QR codes, ArUco, and AprilTag have become very popular tools
for labeling and camera positioning. They are robust and easy to detect, even in devices …

Real-time surgical tool tracking and pose estimation using a hybrid cylindrical marker

L Zhang, M Ye, PL Chan, GZ Yang - International journal of computer …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose To provide an integrated visualisation of intraoperative ultrasound and endoscopic
images to facilitate intraoperative guidance, real-time tracking of the ultrasound probe is …