Past, present, and future of simultaneous localization and mapping: Toward the robust-perception age

C Cadena, L Carlone, H Carrillo, Y Latif… - IEEE Transactions …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) consists in the concurrent construction of a
model of the environment (the map), and the estimation of the state of the robot moving …

Distributed relative localization algorithms for multi-robot networks: A survey

S Wang, Y Wang, D Li, Q Zhao - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
For a network of robots working in a specific environment, relative localization among robots
is the basis for accomplishing various upper-level tasks. To avoid the latency and fragility of …

Data-efficient decentralized visual SLAM

T Cieslewski, S Choudhary… - 2018 IEEE international …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Decentralized visual simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is a powerful tool for
multi-robot applications in environments where absolute positioning is not available. Being …

DiSCo-SLAM: Distributed scan context-enabled multi-robot lidar slam with two-stage global-local graph optimization

Y Huang, T Shan, F Chen… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a novel framework for distributed, multi-robot SLAM intended for use with 3D
LiDAR observations. The framework, DiSCo-SLAM, is the first to use the lightweight Scan …

Dcl-slam: A distributed collaborative lidar slam framework for a robotic swarm

S Zhong, Y Qi, Z Chen, J Wu, H Chen… - IEEE Sensors …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To execute collaborative tasks in unknown environments, a robotic swarm must establish a
global reference frame and locate itself in a shared understanding of the environment …

RDC-SLAM: A real-time distributed cooperative SLAM system based on 3D LiDAR

Y Xie, Y Zhang, L Chen, H Cheng, W Tu… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To improve the accuracy and efficiency of 3D LiDAR mapping, real-time cooperative SLAM
has been considered to explore large and complex areas. To merge the individual maps …

Recursive decentralized localization for multi-robot systems with asynchronous pairwise communication

L Luft, T Schubert, SI Roumeliotis… - … International Journal of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper provides a fully decentralized algorithm for collaborative localization based on
the extended Kalman filter. The major challenge in decentralized collaborative localization is …

Covins-g: A generic back-end for collaborative visual-inertial slam

M Patel, M Karrer, P Bänninger… - 2023 IEEE International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Collaborative SLAM is at the core of perception in multi-robot systems as it enables the co-
localization of the team of robots in a common reference frame, which is of vital importance …

Communication efficient, distributed relative state estimation in UAV networks

S Wang, Y Wang, X Bai, D Li - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Distributed estimation of 6-DOF relative states, including three-dimensional relative poses
and three-dimensional relative positions, is a key problem in UAV (Unmanned Aerial …

Hyperproperties for robotics: Planning via HyperLTL

Y Wang, S Nalluri, M Pajic - 2020 IEEE International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There is a growing interest on formal methods-based robotic planning for temporal logic
objectives. In this work, we extend the scope of existing synthesis methods to hyper …