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 …

A review on multirobot systems in agriculture

C Ju, J Kim, J Seol, HI Son - Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2022 - Elsevier
Agricultural multirobot systems (MRSs) are expected to be essential in future agriculture.
Therefore, MRSs comprising an aerial robot, a ground robot, and a manipulator are being …

LAMP 2.0: A robust multi-robot SLAM system for operation in challenging large-scale underground environments

Y Chang, K Ebadi, CE Denniston… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Search and rescue with a team of heterogeneous mobile robots in unknown and large-scale
underground environments requires high-precision localization and map**. This crucial …

Direct lidar odometry: Fast localization with dense point clouds

K Chen, BT Lopez… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Field robotics in perceptually-challenging environments require fast and accurate state
estimation, but modern LiDAR sensors quickly overwhelm current odometry algorithms. To …

Super odometry: Imu-centric lidar-visual-inertial estimator for challenging environments

S Zhao, H Zhang, P Wang, L Nogueira… - 2021 IEEE/RSJ …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose Super Odometry, a high-precision multi-modal sensor fusion framework,
providing a simple but effective way to fuse multiple sensors such as LiDAR, camera, and …

4dradarslam: A 4d imaging radar slam system for large-scale environments based on pose graph optimization

J Zhang, H Zhuge, Z Wu, G Peng… - … on Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
LiDAR-based SLAM may easily fail in adverse weathers (eg, rain, snow, smoke, fog), while
mmWave Radar remains unaffected. However, current researches are primarily focused on …

Autonomous spot: Long-range autonomous exploration of extreme environments with legged locomotion

A Bouman, MF Ginting, N Alatur… - 2020 IEEE/RSJ …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper serves as one of the first efforts to enable large-scale and long-duration
autonomy using the Boston Dynamics Spot robot. Motivated by exploring extreme …

Locus: A multi-sensor lidar-centric solution for high-precision odometry and 3d map** in real-time

M Palieri, B Morrell, A Thakur, K Ebadi… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

Lidar-based place recognition for autonomous driving: A survey

Y Zhang, P Shi, J Li - ACM Computing Surveys, 2024 - dl.acm.org
LiDAR has gained popularity in autonomous driving due to advantages like long
measurement distance, rich three-dimensional information, and stability in harsh …