Overlaptransformer: An efficient and yaw-angle-invariant transformer network for lidar-based place recognition

J Ma, J Zhang, J Xu, R Ai, W Gu… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Place recognition is an important capability for autonomously navigating vehicles operating
in complex environments and under changing conditions. It is a key component for tasks …

SeqOT: A spatial–temporal transformer network for place recognition using sequential LiDAR data

J Ma, X Chen, J Xu, G Xiong - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Place recognition is an important component for autonomous vehicles to achieve loop
closing or global localization. In this article, we tackle the problem of place recognition …

RINet: Efficient 3D lidar-based place recognition using rotation invariant neural network

L Li, X Kong, X Zhao, T Huang, W Li… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
LiDAR-based place recognition (LPR) is one of the basic capabilities of robots, which can
retrieve scenes from maps and identify previously visited locations based on 3D point …

Wild-places: A large-scale dataset for lidar place recognition in unstructured natural environments

J Knights, K Vidanapathirana… - … on robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many existing datasets for lidar place recognition are solely representative of structured
urban environments, and have recently been saturated in performance by deep learning …

Locus: Lidar-based place recognition using spatiotemporal higher-order pooling

K Vidanapathirana, P Moghadam… - … on Robotics and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Place Recognition enables the estimation of a globally consistent map and trajectory by
providing non-local constraints in Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM). This …

Lidar-based place recognition for autonomous driving: A survey

Y Zhang, P Shi, J Li - arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.10561, 2023 - arxiv.org
LiDAR-based place recognition (LPR) plays a pivotal role in autonomous driving, which
assists Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) systems in reducing accumulated …

CVTNet: A cross-view transformer network for LiDAR-based place recognition in autonomous driving environments

J Ma, G Xiong, J Xu, X Chen - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
LiDAR-based place recognition (LPR) is one of the most crucial components of autonomous
vehicles to identify previously visited places in GPS-denied environments. Most existing LPR …

Bvmatch: Lidar-based place recognition using bird's-eye view images

L Luo, SY Cao, B Han, HL Shen… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recognizing places using Lidar in large-scale environments is challenging due to the
sparse nature of point cloud data. In this letter we present BVMatch, a Lidar-based frame-to …

An efficient point cloud place recognition approach based on transformer in dynamic environment

Q Li, Y Zhuang, J Huai, Y Chen, A Yilmaz - ISPRS Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Place recognition retrieves scenes from a prior map and identifies previously visited
locations. It is essential to autonomous-driving and robotics in terms of long-term navigation …

Robust place recognition using an imaging lidar

T Shan, B Englot, F Duarte, C Ratti… - 2021 IEEE International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a methodology for robust, real-time place recognition using an imaging lidar,
which yields image-quality high-resolution 3D point clouds. Utilizing the intensity readings of …