Observability-aware self-calibration of visual and inertial sensors for ego-motion estimation

T Schneider, M Li, C Cadena, J Nieto… - IEEE Sensors …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
External effects such as shocks and temperature variations affect the calibration of visual-
inertial sensor systems and thus they cannot fully rely on factory calibrations. Re-calibrations …

A benchmark for visual-inertial odometry systems employing onboard illumination

M Kasper, S McGuire… - 2019 IEEE/RSJ …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a dataset for evaluating the performance of visual-inertial odometry (VIO)
systems employing an onboard light source. The dataset consists of 39 sequences …

Simultaneous self-calibration and navigation using trajectory optimization

JA Preiss, K Hausman… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
We describe a trajectory optimization framework that maximizes observability of one or more
user-chosen states in a nonlinear system. Our framework is based on a novel metric for …

Information-theoretic online multi-camera extrinsic calibration

E Dexheimer, P Peluse, J Chen… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Calibration of multi-camera systems is essential for lifelong use of vision-based headsets
and autonomous robots. In this work, we present an information-based framework for online …

A graph-matching approach for cross-view registration of over-view and street-view based point clouds

X Ling, R Qin - ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wide-area 3D data generation for complex urban environments often needs to leverage a
mixed use of data collected from both air and ground platforms, such as from aerial surveys …

Learning to calibrate: Reinforcement learning for guided calibration of visual–inertial rigs

F Nobre, C Heckman - The International Journal of Robotics …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
We present a new approach to assisted intrinsic and extrinsic calibration with an
observability-aware visual–inertial calibration system that guides the user through the …

Autonomous localization, navigation and haustral fold detection for robotic endoscopy

JM Prendergast, GA Formosa… - 2018 IEEE/RSJ …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Capsule endoscopes have gained popularity over the last decade as minimally invasive
devices for diagnosing gastrointestinal abnormalities such as colorectal cancer. While this …

Uncertainty-based adaptive sensor fusion for visual-inertial odometry under various motion characteristics

R Nakashima, A Seki - 2020 IEEE International Conference on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose an uncertainty-based sensor fusion framework for visual-inertial odometry,
which is the task of estimating relative motion using images and measurements from inertial …

WSR: A WiFi sensor for collaborative robotics

N Jadhav, W Wang - ArXivorg, 2021 - par.nsf.gov
In this paper we derive a new capability for robots to measure relative direction, or Angle-of-
Arrival (AOA), to other robots, while operating in non-line-of-sight and unmapped …

A wireless signal-based sensing framework for robotics

N Jadhav, W Wang, D Zhang, O Khatib… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
In this paper, we develop the analytical framework for a novel Wireless signal-based
Sensing capability for Robotics (WSR) by leveraging a robots' mobility in 3D space. It allows …