We present a novel split and merge based method for dividing a given metric map into distinct regions, thus effectively creating a topological map on top of a metric one. The init...
A wide variety of techniques for visual navigation using robot-mounted cameras have been described over the past several decades, yet adoption of optical flow navigation technique...
Jason Campbell, Rahul Sukthankar, Illah R. Nourbak...
The problem of using pictures of objects captured under ideal imaging conditions (here referred to as in vitro) to recognize objects in natural environments (in situ) is an emergi...
Abstract. To date, RoboCup games have all been played under constant, bright lighting conditions. However, in order to meet the overall goal of RoboCup, robots will need to be able...
Abstract— The problem of place recognition appears in different mobile robot navigation problems including localization, SLAM, or change detection in dynamic environments. Wherea...