A state‐of‐the‐art review on mapping and localization of mobile robots using omnidirectional vision sensors

L Paya, A Gil, O Reinoso - Journal of Sensors, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Nowadays, the field of mobile robotics is experiencing a quick evolution, and a variety of
autonomous vehicles is available to solve different tasks. The advances in computer vision …

RGB-D object SLAM using quadrics for indoor environments

Z Liao, W Wang, X Qi, X Zhang - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Indoor service robots need to build an object-centric semantic map to understand and
execute human instructions. Conventional visual simultaneous localization and mapping …

Monocular localization with vector HD map (MLVHM): A low-cost method for commercial IVs

Z Xiao, D Yang, T Wen, K Jiang, R Yan - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Real-time vehicle localization (ie, position and orientation estimation in the world coordinate
system) with high accuracy is the fundamental function of an intelligent vehicle (IV) system …

Modeling environments hierarchically with omnidirectional imaging and global-appearance descriptors

L Paya, A Peidro, F Amorós, D Valiente, O Reinoso - Remote sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
In this work, a framework is proposed to build topological models in mobile robotics, using
an omnidirectional vision sensor as the only source of information. The model is structured …

Robust visual localization with dynamic uncertainty management in omnidirectional SLAM

D Valiente, A Gil, L Payá, JM Sebastián, Ó Reinoso - Applied Sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
This work presents a robust visual localization technique based on an omnidirectional
monocular sensor for mobile robotics applications. We intend to overcome the non …

Evaluation of clustering methods in compression of topological models and visual place recognition using global appearance descriptors

S Cebollada, L Payá, W Mayol, O Reinoso - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
This paper presents an extended study about the compression of topological models of
indoor environments. The performance of two clustering methods is tested in order to know …

Holistic descriptors of omnidirectional color images and their performance in estimation of position and orientation

F Amoros, L Paya, W Mayol-Cuevas, LM Jiménez… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of visual sensors in robotic navigation tasks is a common approach, and numerous
examples can be found in the literature. This work focuses on the problem of map building …

Using Omnidirectional Vision to Create a Model of the Environment: A Comparative Evaluation of Global‐Appearance Descriptors

L Payá, O Reinoso, Y Berenguer… - Journal of Sensors, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Nowadays, the design of fully autonomous mobile robots is a key discipline. Building a
robust model of the unknown environment is an important ability the robot must develop …

Position estimation and local mapping using omnidirectional images and global appearance descriptors

Y Berenguer, L Payá, M Ballesta, O Reinoso - Sensors, 2015 - mdpi.com
This work presents some methods to create local maps and to estimate the position of a
mobile robot, using the global appearance of omnidirectional images. We use a robot that …

Training, optimization and validation of a CNN for room retrieval and description of omnidirectional images

JJ Cabrera, S Cebollada, M Flores, Ó Reinoso… - SN Computer …, 2022 - Springer
The aim of this paper is to achieve the optimal hyperparameters setup of a convolutional
neural network (CNN) to address the localization of a mobile robot. The localization problem …