1 code implementation • 1 Apr 2019 • Lee Clement, Mona Gridseth, Justin Tomasi, Jonathan Kelly
Long-term metric self-localization is an essential capability of autonomous mobile robots, but remains challenging for vision-based systems due to appearance changes caused by lighting, weather, or seasonal variations.
1 code implementation • 9 Sep 2017 • Lee Clement, Jonathan Kelly
Direct visual localization has recently enjoyed a resurgence in popularity with the increasing availability of cheap mobile computing power.
no code implementations • 1 Aug 2017 • Valentin Peretroukhin, Lee Clement, Matthew Giamou, Jonathan Kelly
Navigation in unknown, chaotic environments continues to present a significant challenge for the robotics community.
2 code implementations • 20 Sep 2016 • Valentin Peretroukhin, Lee Clement, Jonathan Kelly
We present a method to incorporate global orientation information from the sun into a visual odometry pipeline using only the existing image stream, where the sun is typically not visible.
no code implementations • 15 Sep 2016 • Lee Clement, Valentin Peretroukhin, Jonathan Kelly
In the absence of reliable and accurate GPS, visual odometry (VO) has emerged as an effective means of estimating the egomotion of robotic vehicles.