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AAAI
2011
12 years 4 months ago
Multi-Observation Sensor Resetting Localization with Ambiguous Landmarks
Successful approaches to the robot localization problem include Monte Carlo particle filters, which estimate non-parametric localization belief distributions. However, particle ...
Brian Coltin, Manuela M. Veloso
RAS
2008
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13 years 4 months ago
Unsupervised identification of useful visual landmarks using multiple segmentations and top-down feedback
In this paper, we tackle the problem of unsupervised selection and posterior recognition of visual landmarks in images sequences acquired by an indoor mobile robot. This is a high...
Pablo Espinace, Daniel Langdon, Alvaro Soto
KI
2007
Springer
13 years 4 months ago
Visual Robot Localization and Mapping Based on Attentional Landmarks
Abstract. In this paper, we present a system for simultaneous localization and map building of a mobile robot, based on an attentional landmark detector. A biologically motivated a...
Simone Frintrop
TROB
2008
186views more  TROB 2008»
13 years 4 months ago
Attentional Landmarks and Active Gaze Control for Visual SLAM
This paper is centered around landmark detection, tracking and matching for visual SLAM (Simultaneous Localization And Mapping) using a monocular vision system with active gaze con...
Simone Frintrop, Patric Jensfelt
ICCV
2007
IEEE
13 years 6 months ago
Ten-fold Improvement in Visual Odometry Using Landmark Matching
Our goal is to create a visual odometry system for robots and wearable systems such that localization accuracies of centimeters can be obtained for hundreds of meters of distance ...
Zhiwei Zhu, Taragay Oskiper, Supun Samarasekera, R...
ECAI
2004
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Topological Visual Localization Using Decentralized Galois Lattices
Abstract. This paper presents a new decentralized method for selecting visual landmarks in a structured environment. Different images, issued from the different places, are analyze...
Emmanuel Zenou, Malik Ghallab, Manuel Samuelides
IROS
2006
IEEE
163views Robotics» more  IROS 2006»
13 years 10 months ago
Attentional Landmark Selection for Visual SLAM
— In this paper, we introduce a new method to automatically detect useful landmarks for visual SLAM. A biologically motivated attention system detects regions of interest which ...
Simone Frintrop, Patric Jensfelt, Henrik I. Christ...
WAPCV
2007
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Simultaneous Robot Localization and Mapping Based on a Visual Attention System
Visual attention regions are useful for many applications in the field of computer vision and robotics. Here, we introduce an application to simultaneous robot localization and ma...
Simone Frintrop, Patric Jensfelt, Henrik I. Christ...
IROS
2009
IEEE
129views Robotics» more  IROS 2009»
13 years 11 months ago
Using symmetrical regions of interest to improve visual SLAM
— Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) based on visual information is a challenging problem. One of the main problems with visual SLAM is to find good quality landmarks,...
Gert Kootstra, Lambert Schomaker