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RadarSLAM: Radar based Large-Scale SLAM in All Weathers
Numerous Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) algorithms have been
presented in last decade using different sensor modalities. However, robust
SLAM in extreme weather conditions is still an open research problem. In this
paper, RadarSLAM, a full radar based graph SLAM system, is proposed for
reliable localization and mapping in large-scale environments. It is composed
of pose tracking, local mapping, loop closure detection and pose graph
optimization, enhanced by novel feature matching and probabilistic point cloud
generation on radar images. Extensive experiments are conducted on a public
radar dataset and several self-collected radar sequences, demonstrating the
state-of-the-art reliability and localization accuracy in various adverse
weather conditions, such as dark night, dense fog and heavy snowfall
SPLODE: Semi-Probabilistic Point and Line Odometry with Depth Estimation from RGB-D Camera Motion
Active depth cameras suffer from several limitations, which cause incomplete
and noisy depth maps, and may consequently affect the performance of RGB-D
Odometry. To address this issue, this paper presents a visual odometry method
based on point and line features that leverages both measurements from a depth
sensor and depth estimates from camera motion. Depth estimates are generated
continuously by a probabilistic depth estimation framework for both types of
features to compensate for the lack of depth measurements and inaccurate
feature depth associations. The framework models explicitly the uncertainty of
triangulating depth from both point and line observations to validate and
obtain precise estimates. Furthermore, depth measurements are exploited by
propagating them through a depth map registration module and using a
frame-to-frame motion estimation method that considers 3D-to-2D and 2D-to-3D
reprojection errors, independently. Results on RGB-D sequences captured on
large indoor and outdoor scenes, where depth sensor limitations are critical,
show that the combination of depth measurements and estimates through our
approach is able to overcome the absence and inaccuracy of depth measurements.Comment: IROS 201
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