Lidar-level localization with radar? the cfear approach to accurate, fast, and robust large-scale radar odometry in diverse environments

D Adolfsson, M Magnusson, A Alhashimi… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents an accurate, highly efficient, and learning-free method for large-scale
odometry estimation using spinning radar, empirically found to generalize well across very …

Radar odometry combining probabilistic estimation and unsupervised feature learning

K Burnett, DJ Yoon, AP Schoellig… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2021 - arxiv.org
This paper presents a radar odometry method that combines probabilistic trajectory
estimation and deep learned features without needing groundtruth pose information. The …

Fast sparse LiDAR odometry using self-supervised feature selection on intensity images

T Guadagnino, X Chen, M Sodano… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ego-motion estimation is a fundamental building block of any autonomous system that
needs to navigate in an environment. In large-scale outdoor scenes, 3D LiDARs are often …

Lidar odometry methodologies for autonomous driving: A survey

N Jonnavithula, Y Lyu, Z Zhang - arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.06120, 2021 - arxiv.org
Vehicle odometry is an essential component of an automated driving system as it computes
the vehicle's position and orientation. The odometry module has a higher demand and …

Leo: Learning energy-based models in factor graph optimization

P Sodhi, E Dexheimer, M Mukadam… - … on Robot Learning, 2022 - proceedings.mlr.press
We address the problem of learning observation models end-to-end for estimation. Robots
operating in partially observable environments must infer latent states from multiple sensory …

LiDAR odometry by deep learning-based feature points with two-step pose estimation

T Liu, Y Wang, X Niu, L Chang, T Zhang, J Liu - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
An accurate ego-motion estimation solution is vital for autonomous vehicles. LiDAR is widely
adopted in self-driving systems to obtain depth information directly and eliminate the …

Survey of Deep Learning-Based Methods for FMCW Radar Odometry and Ego-Localization

M Brune, T Meisen, A Pomp - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
This paper provides an in-depth review of deep learning techniques to address the
challenges of odometry and global ego-localization using frequency modulated continuous …

Hysteretic mapping and corridor semantic modeling using mobile LiDAR systems

P Chen, Z Luo, W Shi - ISPRS journal of photogrammetry and remote …, 2022 - Elsevier
Point clouds registration and semantic segmentation are two closely linked steps to build
geometrically-accurate and semantically-rich 3D maps. They not only are the fundamental …

Learning covariances for estimation with constrained bilevel optimization

M Qadri, Z Manchester, M Kaess - 2024 IEEE International …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider the problem of learning error covariance matrices for robotic state estimation.
The convergence of a state estimator to the correct belief over the robot state is dependent …

Joint self-supervised learning of interest point, descriptor, depth, and ego-motion from monocular video

Z Wang, M Shen, Q Chen - Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2024 - Springer
This paper addresses the self-supervised learning of several critical factors in Visual
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (VSLAM) in low-level vision: interest point learning …