A benchmark comparison of monocular visual-inertial odometry algorithms for flying robots

J Delmerico, D Scaramuzza - 2018 IEEE international …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Flying robots require a combination of accuracy and low latency in their state estimation in
order to achieve stable and robust flight. However, due to the power and payload constraints …

Autonomous MAV-based indoor chimney inspection with 3D laser localization and textured surface reconstruction

J Quenzel, M Nieuwenhuisen, D Droeschel… - Journal of Intelligent & …, 2019 - Springer
Inspection of industrial chimneys and smoke pipes induces high costs due to production
downtimes and imposes risks to the health of human workers due to high temperatures and …

Rmsc-vio: Robust multi-stereoscopic visual-inertial odometry for local visually challenging scenarios

T Zhang, J Xu, H Shen, R Yang… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a Multi-Stereoscopic Visual-Inertial Odometry (VIO) system capable of
integrating an arbitrary number of stereo cameras, exhibiting excellent robustness in the …

Robust visual-inertial state estimation with multiple odometries and efficient map** on an MAV with ultra-wide FOV stereo vision

MG Miiller, F Steidle, MJ Schuster… - 2018 IEEE/RSJ …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The here presented flying system uses two pairs of wide-angle stereo cameras and maps a
large area of interest in a short amount of time. We present a multicopter system equipped …

Design and evaluation of a generic visual slam framework for multi camera systems

P Kaveti, SN Vaidyanathan… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multi-camera systems have been shown to improve the accuracy and robustness of SLAM
estimates, yet state-of-the-art SLAM systems predominantly support monocular or stereo …