Present and future of slam in extreme environments: The darpa subt challenge

K Ebadi, L Bernreiter, H Biggie, G Catt… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article surveys recent progress and discusses future opportunities for simultaneous
localization and map** (SLAM) in extreme underground environments. SLAM in …

Present and future of slam in extreme underground environments

K Ebadi, L Bernreiter, H Biggie, G Catt, Y Chang… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
This paper reports on the state of the art in underground SLAM by discussing different SLAM
strategies and results across six teams that participated in the three-year-long SubT …

Introspection of 2d object detection using processed neural activation patterns in automated driving systems

HY Yatbaz, M Dianati, K Koufos… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - openaccess.thecvf.com
While deep neural network (DNN) models have become extremely popular for object
detection in automated driving systems (ADS), the dynamic and varied nature of the road …

Introspection of dnn-based perception functions in automated driving systems: State-of-the-art and open research challenges

HY Yatbaz, M Dianati… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automated driving systems (ADSs) aim to improve the safety, efficiency and comfort of future
vehicles. To achieve this, ADSs use sensors to collect raw data from their environment. This …

Run-time Monitoring of 3D Object Detection in Automated Driving Systems Using Early Layer Neural Activation Patterns

HY Yatbaz, M Dianati, K Koufos… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - openaccess.thecvf.com
Monitoring the integrity of object detection for errors within the perception module of
automated driving systems (ADS) is paramount for ensuring safety. Despite recent …

How safe is particle filtering-based localization for mobile robots? An integrity monitoring approach

OA Hafez, M Joerger, M Spenko - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deriving safe bounds on particle filter estimate is a research problem that, if solved, could
greatly benefit robots in life-critical applications, a field that is facing increasing interest as …

Run-time introspection of 2d object detection in automated driving systems using learning representations

HY Yatbaz, M Dianati, K Koufos… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reliable detection of various objects and road users in the surrounding environment is
crucial for the safe operation of automated driving systems (ADS). Despite recent progresses …

Task-aware risk estimation of perception failures for autonomous vehicles

P Antonante, S Veer, K Leung, X Weng… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Safety and performance are key enablers for autonomous driving: on the one hand we want
our autonomous vehicles (AVs) to be safe, while at the same time their performance (eg …

VERF: Runtime Monitoring of Pose Estimation with Neural Radiance Fields

D Maggio, C Mario, L Carlone - IEEE Robotics and Automation …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present VERF, a collection of two methods (VERF-PnP and VERF-Light) for providing
runtime assurance on the correctness of a camera pose estimate of a monocular camera …

When Is It Likely to Fail? Performance Monitor for Black-Box Trajectory Prediction Model

W Shao, B Li, W Yu, J Xu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurate trajectory prediction is vital for various applications, including autonomous
vehicles. However, the complexity and limited transparency of many prediction algorithms …