Ford multi-AV seasonal dataset

S Agarwal, A Vora, G Pandey… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This article presents a challenging multi-agent seasonal dataset collected by a fleet of Ford
autonomous vehicles (AVs) at different days and times during 2017–2018. The vehicles …

Boosting 3-dof ground-to-satellite camera localization accuracy via geometry-guided cross-view transformer

Y Shi, F Wu, A Perincherry… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - openaccess.thecvf.com
Image retrieval-based cross-view localization methods often lead to very coarse camera
pose estimation, due to the limited sampling density of the database satellite images. In this …

Satellite image based cross-view localization for autonomous vehicle

S Wang, Y Zhang, A Vora… - 2023 IEEE International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Existing spatial localization techniques for au-tonomous vehicles mostly use a pre-built 3D-
HD map, often constructed using a survey-grade 3D mapping vehicle, which is not only …

Continuous self-localization on aerial images using visual and lidar sensors

F Fervers, S Bullinger, C Bodensteiner… - 2022 IEEE/RSJ …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a novel method for geo-tracking, ie continuous metric self-localization
in outdoor environments by registering a vehicle's sensor information with aerial imagery of …

Global localization in unstructured environments using semantic object maps built from various viewpoints

J Ankenbauer, PC Lusk, A Thomas… - 2023 IEEE/RSJ …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a novel framework for global localization and guided relocalization of a vehicle
in an unstructured environment. Compared to existing methods, our pipeline does not rely …

Improving worst case visual localization coverage via place-specific sub-selection in multi-camera systems

S Hausler, M Xu, S Garg, P Chakravarty… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
6-DoF visual localization systems utilize principled approaches rooted in 3D geometry to
perform accurate camera pose estimation of images to a map. Current techniques use …

Lidar-osm-based vehicle localization in gps-denied environments by using constrained particle filter

M Elhousni, Z Zhang, X Huang - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cross-modal vehicle localization is an important task for automated driving systems. This
research proposes a novel approach based on LiDAR point clouds and OpenStreetMaps …

Robotic fertilisation using localisation systems based on point clouds in strip-cropping fields

C Cruz Ulloa, A Krus, A Barrientos, J Del Cerro… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
The use of robotic systems in organic farming has taken on a leading role in recent years;
the Sureveg CORE Organic Cofund ERA-Net project seeks to evaluate the benefits of strip …

View-invariant localization using semantic objects in changing environments

J Ankenbauer, K Fathian, JP How - arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.14426, 2022 - arxiv.org
This paper proposes a novel framework for real-time localization and egomotion tracking of
a vehicle in a reference map. The core idea is to map the semantic objects observed by the …

Robust self-tuning data association for geo-referencing using lane markings

MÁ Muñoz-Bañón, JH Pauls, H Hu… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Localization in aerial imagery-based maps offers many advantages, such as global
consistency, geo-referenced maps, and the availability of publicly accessible data. However …