General place recognition survey: Towards real-world autonomy

P Yin, J Jiao, S Zhao, L Xu, G Huang, H Choset… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
In the realm of robotics, the quest for achieving real-world autonomy, capable of executing
large-scale and long-term operations, has positioned place recognition (PR) as a …

Intelligent lidar navigation: Leveraging external information and semantic maps with llm as copilot

F **e, J Zhang, S Schwertfeger - arxiv preprint arxiv:2409.08493, 2024 - arxiv.org
Traditional robot navigation systems primarily utilize occupancy grid maps and laser-based
sensing technologies, as demonstrated by the popular move_base package in ROS. Unlike …

Where am I? Cross-View Geo-localization with Natural Language Descriptions

J Ye, H Lin, L Ou, D Chen, Z Wang, C He… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Cross-view geo-localization identifies the locations of street-view images by matching them
with geo-tagged satellite images or OSM. However, most studies focus on image-to-image …

Empowering Robot Path Planning with Large Language Models: osmAG Map Topology & Hierarchy Comprehension with LLMs

F **e, S Schwertfeger - arxiv preprint arxiv:2403.08228, 2024 - arxiv.org
Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated great potential in robotic applications
by providing essential general knowledge. Mobile robots rely on map comprehension for …

GOTLoc: General Outdoor Text-based Localization Using Scene Graph Retrieval with OpenStreetMap

D Jung, K Kim, SW Kim - arxiv preprint arxiv:2501.08575, 2025 - arxiv.org
We propose GOTLoc, a robust localization method capable of operating even in outdoor
environments where GPS signals are unavailable. The method achieves this robust …