The architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry is experiencing a
technological revolution driven by booming digitisation and automation. Advances in …

This article surveys recent progress and discusses future opportunities for simultaneous
localization and mapping (SLAM) in extreme underground environments. SLAM in …

Search and rescue with a team of heterogeneous mobile robots in unknown and large-scale
underground environments requires high-precision localization and mapping. This crucial …

Laser scanning can provide timely assessments of mine sites despite adverse challenges in
the operational environment. Although there are several published articles on laser …

This paper reports on the state of the art in underground SLAM by discussing different SLAM
strategies and results across six teams that participated in the three-year-long SubT …

Subterranean openings, including mines, present a unique and challenging environment for
robots and autonomous exploration systems. Autonomous robots that are created today will …

Detection of water leakage areas is one of the most important tasks of regular underground
tunnel inspections. Current manual visual assessments are plagued by reduced efficiency …

Mining digitalisation have been receiving significant attention due to the utilisation of
advanced technologies, such as IoT, automation, and sensing. However, maximising the …

The accuracy of stockpile estimations is of immense criticality to process optimisation and
overall financial decision making within manufacturing operations. Despite well-established …

Centimetre accurate geolocation service is beneficial to a wide range of applications,
ranging from sports engineering, civil infrastructure, autonomous vehicles, surveying to …