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  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,078 Views
19 Pages

Orchard Robot Navigation via an Improved RTAB-Map Algorithm

  • Jinxing Niu,
  • Le Zhang,
  • Tao Zhang,
  • Jinpeng Guan and
  • Shuheng Shi

31 October 2025

To address issues such as low visual SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) positioning accuracy and poor map construction robustness caused by light variations, foliage occlusion, and texture repetition in unstructured orchard environments, th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,771 Views
26 Pages

28 May 2025

Aiming to address the problems of fewer related studies on autonomous navigation algorithms based on multi-sensor fusion in complex scenarios in pastures, lower degrees of fusion, and insufficient cruising accuracy of the operation path in complex ou...

(This article belongs to the Section Navigation and Positioning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
8,879 Views
19 Pages

Real-Time Localization for an AMR Based on RTAB-MAP

  • Chih-Jer Lin,
  • Chao-Chung Peng and
  • Si-Ying Lu

27 February 2025

This study aimed to develop a real-time localization system for an AMR (autonomous mobile robot), which utilizes the Robot Operating System (ROS) Noetic version in the Ubuntu 20.04 operating system. RTAB-MAP (Real-Time Appearance-Based Mapping) is em...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Actuators in Robotic Control—3rd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,530 Views
12 Pages

12 December 2023

In urban underground projects, such as urban drainage systems, the real-time acquisition and generation of 3D models of pipes can provide an important foundation for pipe safety inspection and maintenance. The simultaneous localization and mapping (S...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
14,132 Views
37 Pages

13 September 2022

The present work proposes a method to characterize, calibrate, and compare, any 2D SLAM algorithm, providing strong statistical evidence, based on descriptive and inferential statistics to bring confidence levels about overall behavior of the algorit...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Best Practice in Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM))
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
9,727 Views
22 Pages

19 June 2015

A kind of multi feature points matching algorithm fusing local geometric constraints is proposed for the purpose of quickly loop closing detection in RGB-D Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). The visual feature is encoded with BRAND (binary...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sensors for Indoor Mapping and Navigation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,946 Views
20 Pages

Research on Visual Positioning of a Roadheader and Construction of an Environment Map

  • Wentao Zhang,
  • Guodong Zhai,
  • Zhongwen Yue,
  • Tao Pan and
  • Ran Cheng

28 May 2021

The autonomous positioning of tunneling equipment is the key to intellectualization and robotization of a tunneling face. In this paper, a method based on simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) to estimate the body pose of a roadheader and buil...

(This article belongs to the Section Robotics and Automation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,684 Views
19 Pages

28 April 2023

Recent advancements in deep learning techniques have accelerated the growth of robotic vision systems. One way this technology can be applied is to use a mobile robot to automatically generate a 3D map and identify objects within it. This paper addre...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sensors and Sensor Fusion for Future Mobility Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,050 Views
24 Pages

Comparative Study on Simulated Outdoor Navigation for Agricultural Robots

  • Feeza Khan Khanzada,
  • Elahe Delavari,
  • Woojin Jeong,
  • Young Seek Cho and
  • Jaerock Kwon

12 April 2024

This research presents a comprehensive comparative analysis of SLAM algorithms and Deep Neural Network (DNN)-based Behavior Cloning (BC) navigation in outdoor agricultural environments. The study categorizes SLAM algorithms into laser-based and visio...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensors and Robotics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,720 Views
25 Pages

Mobile Robot Navigation with Enhanced 2D Mapping and Multi-Sensor Fusion

  • Basheer Al-Tawil,
  • Adem Candemir,
  • Magnus Jung and
  • Ayoub Al-Hamadi

10 April 2025

This paper presents an enhanced Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) framework for mobile robot navigation. It integrates RGB-D cameras and 2D LiDAR sensors to improve both mapping accuracy and localization efficiency. We propose a data fusio...

(This article belongs to the Topic Multi-Sensor Integrated Navigation Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,808 Views
15 Pages

A Benchmark of Popular Indoor 3D Reconstruction Technologies: Comparison of ARCore and RTAB-Map

  • Ádám Wolf,
  • Péter Troll,
  • Stefan Romeder-Finger,
  • Andreas Archenti and ,
  • Károly Széll and
  • Péter Galambos
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

8 December 2020

The fast evolution in computational and sensor technologies brings previously niche solutions to a wider userbase. As such, 3D reconstruction technologies are reaching new use-cases in scientific and everyday areas where they were not present before....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Cybernetics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
7,373 Views
26 Pages

28 May 2024

In this paper, we present the exploration of indoor positioning technologies for UAVs, as well as navigation techniques for path planning and obstacle avoidance. The objective was to perform warehouse inventory tasks, using a drone to search for barc...

(This article belongs to the Section Drone Design and Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
6,227 Views
18 Pages

Painting Path Planning for a Painting Robot with a RealSense Depth Sensor

  • Vladimir Tadic,
  • Akos Odry,
  • Ervin Burkus,
  • Istvan Kecskes and ,
  • Zoltan Kiraly,
  • Mihaly Klincsik,
  • Zoltan Sari,
  • Zoltan Vizvari,
  • Attila Toth and
  • Peter Odry
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

5 February 2021

The utilization of stereo cameras in robotic applications is presented in this paper. The use of a stereo depth sensor is a principal step in robotics applications, since it is the first step in sequences of robotic actions where the intent is to det...

(This article belongs to the Section Robotics and Automation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,007 Views
23 Pages

6 February 2026

In industrial environments, providing intuitive spatial information via 3D maps is essential for maximizing the efficiency of teleoperation. However, existing SLAM algorithms generating 3D maps predominantly focus on improving robot localization accu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Machine Learning and Intelligent Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,330 Views
20 Pages

Research on Positioning Accuracy of Mobile Robot in Indoor Environment Based on Improved RTABMAP Algorithm

  • Shijie Zhou,
  • Zelun Li,
  • Zhongliang Lv,
  • Chuande Zhou and ,
  • Pengcheng Wu,
  • Changshuang Zhu and
  • Wei Liu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

28 November 2023

Visual simultaneous localization and mapping is a widely used technology for mobile robots to carry out precise positioning in the environment of GNSS technology failure. However, as the robot moves around indoors, its position accuracy will graduall...

(This article belongs to the Collection Sensors and Systems for Indoor Positioning)