Multi-robot visual SLAM using a Rao-Blackwellized particle filter

A Gil, Ó Reinoso, M Ballesta, M Juliá - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper describes an approach to solve the Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
(SLAM) problem with a team of cooperative autonomous vehicles. We consider that each …

Map building and monte carlo localization using global appearance of omnidirectional images

L Payá, L Fernández, A Gil, O Reinoso - Sensors, 2010 - mdpi.com
In this paper we deal with the problem of map building and localization of a mobile robot in
an environment using the information provided by an omnidirectional vision sensor that is …

Real-time image processing method to implement object detection and classification for remote sensing images

DJ Florinabel - Earth Science Informatics, 2020 - Springer
The huge amount of active research has been focused on developing the remote sensing
based applications for providing the object classification procedure focusing on the energy …

Robust and efficient indoor localization using sparse semantic information from a spherical camera

I Uygur, R Miyagusuku, S Pathak, A Moro, A Yamashita… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Self-localization enables a system to navigate and interact with its environment. In this study,
we propose a novel sparse semantic self-localization approach for robust and efficient …

Lsh-ransac: An incremental scheme for scalable localization

K Saeki, K Tanaka, T Ueda - 2009 IEEE International …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper addresses the problem of feature-based robot localization in large-size
environments. With recent progress in SLAM techniques, it has become crucial for a robot to …

A Monte Carlo localization algorithm for 2-D indoor self-localization based on magnetic field

X Lu, Y Dong, X Wang - 2013 8th International Conference on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Evidence shows that a large variety of animals use Earth's magnetic field for navigation.
Inspired by this intriguing ability of animals, we propose a MCL algorithm that utilizes local …

A study of visual descriptors for outdoor navigation using google street view images

L Fernández, L Payá, O Reinoso… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A comparative analysis between several methods to describe outdoor panoramic images is
presented. The main objective consists in studying the performance of these methods in the …

Appearance‐based approach to hybrid metric‐topological simultaneous localisation and mapping

L Fernández, L Payá, O Reinoso… - IET Intelligent …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In this study a unified framework to carry out the simultaneous localisation and mapping of a
mobile robot combining metric and topological techniques is presented. The robot moves in …

[PDF][PDF] Object recognition using region detection and feature extraction

E Jauregi, E Lazkano, B Sierra - Proceedings of 10th International …, 2009 - researchgate.net
Feature extraction in images is an important issue in mobile robotics, as it helps the robot to
understand its environment and fulfil its objectives. This paper summarises a new two-step …

Visual approaches for handle recognition

E Jauregi, E Lazkano, JM Martínez-Otzeta… - European Robotics …, 2008 - Springer
Objects can be identified in images extracting local image descriptors for interesting regions.
In this paper, instead of making the handle identification process rely in the keypoint …