A state‐of‐the‐art review on map** and localization of mobile robots using omnidirectional vision sensors

L Paya, A Gil, O Reinoso - Journal of Sensors, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Nowadays, the field of mobile robotics is experiencing a quick evolution, and a variety of
autonomous vehicles is available to solve different tasks. The advances in computer vision …

Vision-based topological map** and localization methods: A survey

E Garcia-Fidalgo, A Ortiz - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2015 - Elsevier
Topological maps model the environment as a graph, where nodes are distinctive places of
the environment and edges indicate topological relationships between them. They represent …

Monocular localization with vector HD map (MLVHM): A low-cost method for commercial IVs

Z ** and scene recognition with lightweight color descriptors for an omnidirectional camera
M Liu, R Siegwart - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Scene recognition problems for mobile robots have been extensively studied. This is
important for tasks such as visual topological map**. Usually, sophisticated key-point …

GPS-supported visual SLAM with a rigorous sensor model for a panoramic camera in outdoor environments

Y Shi, S Ji, Z Shi, Y Duan, R Shibasaki - Sensors, 2012 - mdpi.com
Accurate localization of moving sensors is essential for many fields, such as robot navigation
and urban map**. In this paper, we present a framework for GPS-supported visual …

Performance of global-appearance descriptors in map building and localization using omnidirectional vision

L Payá, F Amorós, L Fernández, O Reinoso - Sensors, 2014 - mdpi.com
Map building and localization are two crucial abilities that autonomous robots must develop.
Vision sensors have become a widespread option to solve these problems. When using this …

DP-FACT: Towards topological map** and scene recognition with color for omnidirectional camera

M Liu, R Siegwart - 2012 IEEE International Conference on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Topological map** and scene recognition problems are still challenging, especially for
online realtime vision-based applications. We develop a hierarchical probabilistic model to …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of clustering methods in compression of topological models and visual place recognition using global appearance descriptors

S Cebollada, L Payá, W Mayol, O Reinoso - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
This paper presents an extended study about the compression of topological models of
indoor environments. The performance of two clustering methods is tested in order to know …

Holistic descriptors of omnidirectional color images and their performance in estimation of position and orientation

F Amoros, L Paya, W Mayol-Cuevas, LM Jiménez… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of visual sensors in robotic navigation tasks is a common approach, and numerous
examples can be found in the literature. This work focuses on the problem of map building …