At the present time, water and sewer pipe networks are predominantly inspected manually.
In the near future, smart cities will perform intelligent autonomous monitoring of buried pipe …

This tutorial presents the factor graph, a recently introduced estimation framework that is a
generalization of the Kalman filter. An approach for constructing a factor graph, with its …

A reliable odometry source is a prerequisite to enable complex autonomy behaviour in next-
generation robots operating in extreme environments. In this work, we present a high …

Map** is a crucial task in robotics and a fundamental building block of most mobile
systems deployed in the real world. Robots use different environment representations …

Robust and reliable perception of autonomous systems often relies on fusion of
heterogeneous sensors, which poses great challenges for multisensor calibration. In this …

This paper describes the results of dynamic tests performed to study the robustness of a
dynamics model of an industrial manipulator. The tests show that the joint friction changes …

Although Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSSs) generally provide adequate
accuracy for outdoor localization, this is not the case for indoor environments, due to signal …

The underwater domain is a challenging environment for robotics because widely used
electromagnetic devices must be substituted by acoustic equivalents, much slower and …

Cameras, millimeter-wave radars, and lidars are widely deployed on smart roads to obtain
personalized vehicle trajectories for advanced traffic control and risk avoidance. However …

Weakly supervised pose estimation can be used to assist unsupervised body part
segmentation and concealed item detection. The accuracy of pose estimation is essential for …