Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are widely used platforms to carry data capturing sensors
for various applications. The reason for this success can be found in many aspects: the high …

In this paper we provide a broad survey of developments in active vision in robotic
applications over the last 15 years. With increasing demand for robotic automation, research …

Conventional visual bridge inspection methods are time consuming and may put the
inspector in dangerous situations. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been recently …

Positioning is a need for many applications related to map** and navigation either in
civilian or military domains. The significant developments in satellite-based techniques …

We consider the problem of next-best view selection for volumetric reconstruction of an
object by a mobile robot equipped with a camera. Based on a probabilistic volumetric map …

In this paper, we investigate the following question: when performing next best view
selection for volumetric 3D reconstruction of an object by a mobile robot equipped with a …

Varying scene illumination poses many challenging problems for machine vision systems.
One such issue is develo** global enhancement methods that work effectively across the …

This work focuses on autonomous surface reconstruction of small-scale objects with a robot
and a 3D sensor. The aim is a high-quality surface model allowing for robotic applications …

We discuss the problem of inspecting an underwater structure, such as a submerged ship
hull, with an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). Unlike a large body of prior work, we …

Motivated by the advances in 3D sensing technology and the spreading of low-cost robotic
platforms, 3D object reconstruction has become a common task in many areas …