Computer vision applications in construction: Current state, opportunities & challenges

S Paneru, I Jeelani - Automation in Construction, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Thousands of images and videos are collected from construction projects during
construction. These contain valuable data that, if harnessed efficiently, can help automate or …

Selection of the Mars Science Laboratory landing site

M Golombek, J Grant, D Kipp, A Vasavada, R Kirk… - Space science …, 2012‏ - Springer
The selection of Gale crater as the Mars Science Laboratory landing site took over five
years, involved broad participation of the science community via five open workshops, and …

Visual odometry revisited: What should be learnt?

H Zhan, CS Weerasekera, JW Bian… - 2020 IEEE international …, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work we present a monocular visual odometry (VO) algorithm which leverages
geometry-based methods and deep learning. Most existing VO/SLAM systems with superior …

[PDF][PDF] A Survey on Terrain Traversability Analysis for Autonomous Ground Vehicles: Methods, Sensors, and Challenges.

PVK Borges, T Peynot, S Liang, B Arain, M Wildie… - Field …, 2022‏ - fieldrobotics.net
Understanding the terrain in the upcoming path of a ground robot is one of the most
challenging problems in field robotics. Terrain and traversability analysis is a …

High-performance embedded computing in space: Evaluation of platforms for vision-based navigation

G Lentaris, K Maragos, I Stratakos… - Journal of Aerospace …, 2018‏ - arc.aiaa.org
Vision-based navigation has become increasingly important in a variety of space
applications for enhancing autonomy and dependability. Future missions, such as active …

Slippage estimation and compensation for planetary exploration rovers. State of the art and future challenges

R Gonzalez, K Iagnemma - Journal of Field Robotics, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Future lunar/planetary exploration missions will demand mobile robots with the capability of
reaching more challenging science targets and driving farther per day than the current Mars …

Descent trajectory reconstruction and landing site positioning of Chang'E-4 on the lunar farside

J Liu, X Ren, W Yan, C Li, H Zhang, Y Jia… - Nature …, 2019‏ - nature.com
Abstract Chang'E-4 (CE-4) was the first mission to accomplish the goal of a successful soft
landing on the lunar farside. The landing trajectory and the location of the landing site can …

Team RoboSimian: semi‐autonomous mobile manipulation at the 2015 DARPA robotics challenge finals

S Karumanchi, K Edelberg, I Baldwin… - Journal of Field …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
This paper discusses hardware and software improvements to the RoboSimian system
leading up to and during the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Finals. Team …

DF-VO: What should be learnt for visual odometry?

H Zhan, CS Weerasekera, JW Bian, R Garg… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2021‏ - arxiv.org
Multi-view geometry-based methods dominate the last few decades in monocular Visual
Odometry for their superior performance, while they have been vulnerable to dynamic and …

[HTML][HTML] Field programmable gate array applications—A scientometric review

J Ruiz-Rosero, G Ramirez-Gonzalez, R Khanna - Computation, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is a general purpose programmable logic device
that can be configured by a customer after manufacturing to perform from a simple logic gate …