Teaser: Fast and certifiable point cloud registration

H Yang, J Shi, L Carlone - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose the first fast and certifiable algorithm for the registration of two sets of three-
dimensional (3-D) points in the presence of large amounts of outlier correspondences. A …

Certifiably optimal outlier-robust geometric perception: Semidefinite relaxations and scalable global optimization

H Yang, L Carlone - IEEE transactions on pattern analysis and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose the first general and scalable framework to design certifiable algorithms for
robust geometric perception in the presence of outliers. Our first contribution is to show that …

A polynomial-time solution for robust registration with extreme outlier rates

H Yang, L Carlone - arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.08588, 2019 - arxiv.org
We propose a robust approach for the registration of two sets of 3D points in the presence of
a large amount of outliers. Our first contribution is to reformulate the registration problem …

Outlier-robust estimation: Hardness, minimally tuned algorithms, and applications

P Antonante, V Tzoumas, H Yang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nonlinear estimation in robotics and vision is typically plagued with outliers due to wrong
data association or incorrect detections from signal processing and machine learning …

An efficient solution to non-minimal case essential matrix estimation

J Zhao - IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Finding relative pose between two calibrated images is a fundamental task in computer
vision. Given five point correspondences, the classical five-point methods can be used to …

Stereo orientation prior for UAV robust and accurate visual odometry

R Duan, DP Paudel, C Fu, P Lu - IEEE/ASME Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a novel outlier rejection approach for feature-based visual odometry.
The proposed approach is based on an empirical observation that shows that some 2D–3D …

FastMAC: Stochastic Spectral Sampling of Correspondence Graph

Y Zhang, H Zhao, H Li, S Chen - Proceedings of the IEEE …, 2024 - openaccess.thecvf.com
Abstract 3D correspondence ie a pair of 3D points is a fundamental concept in computer
vision. A set of 3D correspondences when equipped with compatibility edges forms a …

Outlier-robust spatial perception: Hardness, general-purpose algorithms, and guarantees

V Tzoumas, P Antonante… - 2019 IEEE/RSJ …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spatial perception is the backbone of many robotics applications, and spans a broad range
of research problems, including localization and mapping, point cloud alignment, and …

Deterministic consensus maximization with biconvex programming

Z Cai, TJ Chin, H Le, D Suter - Proceedings of the European …, 2018 - openaccess.thecvf.com
Consensus maximization is one of the most widely used robust fitting paradigms in computer
vision, and the development of algorithms for consensus maximization is an active research …

Multiview point cloud registration based on minimum potential energy for free-form blade measurement

Z Wu, Y Wang, Y Mo, Q Zhu, H Xie… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Point cloud registration is an essential step for free-form blade reconstruction in industrial
measurement. Nonetheless, measuring defects of the 3-D acquisition system unavoidably …