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Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) on NAO [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is a navigation and mapping method used by autonomous robots and moving vehicles. SLAM is mainly concerned with the problem of building a map in an unknown environment and concurrently navigating through the ...
LEE YUAN, HUANG
core  

Unmanned Aerial Systems for Corrosion Detection: Multi‐Sensor Technologies, Challenges, and Opportunities for Next‐Generation Inspection

open access: yesQuality and Reliability Engineering International, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Corrosion remains a critical threat to the integrity and service life of infrastructure in industries such as oil, gas, construction, renewable energy, and transportation. Traditional inspection methods, being labor‐intensive, hazardous, and often subjective, fall short in addressing modern inspection demands.
Alhossein Alharbi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Virtual Elastic Tether: A New Approach for Multi‐Agent Navigation in Confined Aquatic Environments

open access: yesJournal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Underwater navigation is a challenging area in the field of mobile robotics due to inherent constraints in self‐localization and communication in underwater environments. Some of these challenges can be mitigated by using collaborative multi‐agent teams.
Kanzhong Yao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A critique of current developments in simultaneous localization and mapping

open access: yesInternational Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2016
The number of research publications dealing with the simultaneous localization and mapping problem has grown significantly over the past 15 years. Many fundamental and practical aspects of simultaneous localization and mapping have been addressed, and ...
Shoudong Huang, Gamini Dissanayake
doaj   +1 more source

Low computational SLAM for an autonomous indoor aerial inspection vehicle [PDF]

open access: yes
The past decade has seen an increase in the capability of small scale Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) systems, made possible through technological advancements in battery, computing and sensor miniaturisation technology.
Winkvist, Stefan
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Control System for the Navigation of the Agricultural Robots: A Review

open access: yesJournal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Control systems for the navigation of autonomous agricultural robots—particularly those operating in uneven terrain and in the presence of static or dynamic obstacles—have advanced considerably in recent years. As conventional machinery evolves toward increasingly automated systems, the design of reliable navigation controllers has become ...
Edna Carolina Moriones Polanía   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Map Construction and Positioning Method for LiDAR SLAM-Based Navigation of an Agricultural Field Inspection Robot

open access: yesAgronomy
In agricultural field inspection robots, constructing accurate environmental maps and achieving precise localization are essential for effective Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) navigation.
Jiwei Qu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Map segmentation for simultaneous localization and mapping in ruins [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The distribution of environmental features of the internal ruins which are formed by a randomly seismic disaster is unpredictable. Therefore, the existing methods of map segmentation, which need to preset parameters, cannot be directly used.
Wang N(王楠)   +4 more
core  

Efficient Camera-Based Pose Estimation for Real-Time Applications

open access: yes, 2009
Accurate online localization is crucial for mobile robotics. In this paper, we describe a real-time image-based localization technique, which is based on a single calibrated camera.
Elmar Mair   +7 more
core   +1 more source

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