Simultaneous localization and map**: A survey of current trends in autonomous driving

G Bresson, Z Alsayed, L Yu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a survey of the Simultaneous Localization And Map** (SLAM)
field when considering the recent evolution of autonomous driving. The growing interest …

Badgr: An autonomous self-supervised learning-based navigation system

G Kahn, P Abbeel, S Levine - IEEE Robotics and Automation …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mobile robot navigation is typically regarded as a geometric problem, in which the robot's
objective is to perceive the geometry of the environment in order to plan collision-free paths …

Visual place recognition: A survey

S Lowry, N Sünderhauf, P Newman… - ieee transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Visual place recognition is a challenging problem due to the vast range of ways in which the
appearance of real-world places can vary. In recent years, improvements in visual sensing …

From perception to decision: A data-driven approach to end-to-end motion planning for autonomous ground robots

M Pfeiffer, M Schaeuble, J Nieto… - … on robotics and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Learning from demonstration for motion planning is an ongoing research topic. In this paper
we present a model that is able to learn the complex map** from raw 2D-laser range …

Deep drone racing: From simulation to reality with domain randomization

A Loquercio, E Kaufmann, R Ranftl… - IEEE Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dynamically changing environments, unreliable state estimation, and operation under
severe resource constraints are fundamental challenges that limit the deployment of small …

Artificial intelligence for long-term robot autonomy: A survey

L Kunze, N Hawes, T Duckett… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous systems will play an essential role in many applications across diverse
domains including space, marine, air, field, road, and service robotics. They will assist us in …

Visual route following for tiny autonomous robots

T van Dijk, C De Wagter, GCHE de Croon - Science Robotics, 2024 - science.org
Navigation is an essential capability for autonomous robots. In particular, visual navigation
has been a major research topic in robotics because cameras are lightweight, power …

Robust constrained learning-based NMPC enabling reliable mobile robot path tracking

CJ Ostafew, AP Schoellig… - The International Journal …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper presents a Robust Constrained Learning-based Nonlinear Model Predictive
Control (RC-LB-NMPC) algorithm for path-tracking in off-road terrain. For mobile robots …

Are we ready for radar to replace lidar in all-weather map** and localization?

K Burnett, Y Wu, DJ Yoon, AP Schoellig… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present an extensive comparison between three topometric localization systems: radar-
only, lidar-only, and a cross-modal radar-to-lidar system across varying seasonal and …

Teach-repeat-replan: A complete and robust system for aggressive flight in complex environments

F Gao, L Wang, B Zhou, X Zhou, J Pan… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we propose a complete and robust system for the aggressive flight of
autonomous quadrotors. The proposed system is built upon on the classical teach-and …