Robot parkour learning

Z Zhuang, Z Fu, J Wang, C Atkeson… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Parkour is a grand challenge for legged locomotion that requires robots to overcome various
obstacles rapidly in complex environments. Existing methods can generate either diverse …

LiDAR odometry survey: recent advancements and remaining challenges

D Lee, M Jung, W Yang, A Kim - Intelligent Service Robotics, 2024 - Springer
Odometry is crucial for robot navigation, particularly in situations where global positioning
methods like global positioning system are unavailable. The main goal of odometry is to …

Overview of multi-robot collaborative SLAM from the perspective of data fusion

W Chen, X Wang, S Gao, G Shang, C Zhou, Z Li, C Xu… - Machines, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the face of large-scale environmental mapping requirements, through the use of
lightweight and inexpensive robot groups to perceive the environment, the multi-robot …

Visual whole-body control for legged loco-manipulation

M Liu, Z Chen, X Cheng, Y Ji, RZ Qiu, R Yang… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We study the problem of mobile manipulation using legged robots equipped with an arm,
namely legged loco-manipulation. The robot legs, while usually utilized for mobility, offer an …

The hilti slam challenge dataset

M Helmberger, K Morin, B Berner… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Research in Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) has made outstanding
progress over the past years. SLAM systems are nowadays transitioning from academic to …

Umi on legs: Making manipulation policies mobile with manipulation-centric whole-body controllers

H Ha, Y Gao, Z Fu, J Tan, S Song - arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.10353, 2024 - arxiv.org
We introduce UMI-on-Legs, a new framework that combines real-world and simulation data
for quadruped manipulation systems. We scale task-centric data collection in the real world …

Hilti-oxford dataset: A millimeter-accurate benchmark for simultaneous localization and mapping

L Zhang, M Helmberger, LFT Fu, D Wisth… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is being deployed in real-world
applications, however many state-of-the-art solutions still struggle in many common …

A Survey on the autonomous exploration of confined subterranean spaces: Perspectives from real-word and industrial robotic deployments

H Azpúrua, M Saboia, GM Freitas, L Clark… - Robotics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Confined and subterranean areas are common in many civilian and industrial sites,
although they are hazardous for humans given the presence of noxious gases, extreme …

Fusionportablev2: A unified multi-sensor dataset for generalized slam across diverse platforms and scalable environments

H Wei, J Jiao, X Hu, J Yu, X Xie, J Wu… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) has been widely applied in various robotic
missions, from rescue operations to autonomous driving. However, the generalization of …

R LIVE++: A Robust, Real-time, Radiance Reconstruction Package with a Tightly-coupled LiDAR-Inertial-Visual State Estimator

J Lin, F Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work proposed a LiDAR-inertial-visual fusion framework termed R LIVE++ to achieve
robust and accurate state estimation while simultaneously reconstructing the radiance map …