In a world with rapidly growing levels of automation, robotics is playing an increasingly
significant role in every aspect of human endeavour. In particular, many types of mobile …

The visibility available to an equipment operator on a dynamic construction site can often be
blocked by various obstacles such as materials, temporary or permanent facilities, other …

The task of teleoperating a robot over a wireless video link is known to be very difficult.
Teleoperation becomes even more difficult when the robot is surrounded by dense …

This thesis addresses the problem of automatic real-time 3D reconstruction of general
scenes from monocular video. Whereas many impressively accurate reconstruction …

We present a real-time photo-realistic 3D mapping framework for micro aerial vehicles
(MAVs). RGBD images are generated from either stereo or structured light cameras, and fed …

Three-dimensional (3D) point clouds are important for many applications, including object
tracking and 3D scene reconstruction. Point clouds are usually obtained from laser …

High-fidelity simulation is a key enabling technology for the widespread deployment of large
unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). However, current approaches for lidar simulation leave …

To enhance the acceptance of connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) and facilitate
designs to protect people's privacy, it is essential to evaluate how people perceive the data …

Environment perception and three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction tasks are used to
provide unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) with driving awareness interfaces. The speed of …

In incompletely characterized environments such as construction sites, remote machine
operation is the preferred—and sometimes the only—safe and efficient solution for the …