Spatial structure analysis for autonomous robotic vision systems

K Zhou, KM Varadarajan, M Zillich… - 2013 IEEE Workshop …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Analysis of spatial structures in robotic environments, especially structures such as planar
surfaces, has become a fundamental component in diverse robot vision systems since the …

Multi-modal Manhattan World Structure Estimation for Domestic Robots

K Zhou, K Mahesh Varadarajan, M Zillich… - New Development in …, 2015 - Springer
Spatial structure, typically dealt with by robots in domestic environments conform to
Manhattan spatial orientations. In other words, much of the 3D point cloud space conform to …

Robust multiple model estimation with Jensen-Shannon Divergence

K Zhou, KM Varadarajan, M Zillich… - Proceedings of the 21st …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to estimate multiple structures without prior knowledge of the noise scale, this paper
utilizes Jensen-Shannon Divergence (JSD), which is a similarity measurement method, to …

[图书][B] New development in robot vision

Y Sun, A Behal, CKR Chung - 2015 - Springer
After a brief lull in the 1990s, robotics has become resurgent thanks to advancements in
robotic autonomy made implementable through hyper fast, cheap, multithreaded computing …

Fusion of range and visual data for the extraction of scene structure information

H Baltzakis, A Argyros… - … Conference on Pattern …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper a method for inferring 3D structure information based on both range and visual
data is proposed. Data fusion is achieved by validating assumptions formed according to 2D …

Robust probabilistic occupancy grid estimation from positive and negative distance fields

X Hu, P Mordohai - 2012 Second International Conference on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present an approach for estimating occupancy grids with an emphasis on robotics
applications, where collision avoidance and robustness to severe noise are of more …

Stereo 3d reconstruction using prior knowledge of indoor scenes

K Kofuji, Y Watanabe, T Komuro… - 2011 IEEE International …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a new method of indoor-scene stereo vision that uses probabilistic prior
knowledge of indoor scenes in order to exploit the global structure of artificial objects. In our …

Room-structure estimation in Manhattan-like environments from dense 2½D range data using minumum entropy and histograms

S Olufs, M Vincze - 2011 IEEE Workshop on Applications of …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we propose a novel approach for the robust estimation of room structure using
Manhattan world assumption ie the frequently observed dominance of three mutually …

Fusion of laser and visual data for robot motion planning and collision avoidance

H Baltzakis, A Argyros, P Trahanias - Machine Vision and Applications, 2003 - Springer
In this paper, a method for inferring scene structure information based on both laser and
visual data is proposed. Common laser scanners employed in contemporary robotic systems …

[图书][B] Inter-Image Statistics for Mobile Robot Environment Modeling

LAT Mendez - 2008 - dl.acm.org
This book presents a statistical learning framework for inferring geometric structures from
images. The proposed framework computes dense range maps of locations in the …