1 code implementation • 8 Oct 2024 • Christopher Klammer, Michael Kaess
Ground to aerial matching is a crucial and challenging task in outdoor robotics, particularly when GPS is absent or unreliable.
no code implementations • 26 May 2024 • Moshe Shienman, Ohad Levy-Or, Michael Kaess, Vadim Indelman
We introduce an innovative method for incremental nonparametric probabilistic inference in high-dimensional state spaces.
1 code implementation • 6 Apr 2024 • Ziyuan Qu, Omkar Vengurlekar, Mohamad Qadri, Kevin Zhang, Michael Kaess, Christopher Metzler, Suren Jayasuriya, Adithya Pediredla
In this manuscript, we demonstrate that using transient data (from sonars) allows us to address the missing cone problem by sampling high-frequency data along the depth axis.
no code implementations • 5 Feb 2024 • Mohamad Qadri, Kevin Zhang, Akshay Hinduja, Michael Kaess, Adithya Pediredla, Christopher A. Metzler
Underwater perception and 3D surface reconstruction are challenging problems with broad applications in construction, security, marine archaeology, and environmental monitoring.
no code implementations • 20 Dec 2023 • Sudharshan Suresh, Haozhi Qi, Tingfan Wu, Taosha Fan, Luis Pineda, Mike Lambeta, Jitendra Malik, Mrinal Kalakrishnan, Roberto Calandra, Michael Kaess, Joseph Ortiz, Mustafa Mukadam
Our neural representation driven by multimodal sensing can serve as a perception backbone towards advancing robot dexterity.
1 code implementation • 23 Oct 2023 • Samiran Gode, Akshay Hinduja, Michael Kaess
In this paper, we address the challenging problem of data association for underwater SLAM through a novel method for sonar image correspondence using learned features.
no code implementations • ICCV 2023 • MingFang Chang, Akash Sharma, Michael Kaess, Simon Lucey
We address outdoor Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) with LiDAR maps.
no code implementations • 5 Oct 2022 • Bardienus P Duisterhof, Yaoyu Hu, Si Heng Teng, Michael Kaess, Sebastian Scherer
An accurate calibration of the intrinsics and extrinsics is a critical pre-requisite for using the edge of a wide-angle lens for depth perception and odometry.
no code implementations • 17 Sep 2022 • Mohamad Qadri, Michael Kaess, Ioannis Gkioulekas
We present a technique for dense 3D reconstruction of objects using an imaging sonar, also known as forward-looking sonar (FLS).
no code implementations • CVPR 2022 • Ming-Fang Chang, Yipu Zhao, Rajvi Shah, Jakob J. Engel, Michael Kaess, Simon Lucey
We address the problem of map sparsification for long-term visual localization.
no code implementations • 6 Dec 2021 • Wei Dong, Kwonyoung Ryu, Michael Kaess, Jaesik Park
We further collect a dataset of indoor and outdoor LiDAR scenes in the posed range image format.
no code implementations • 1 Oct 2021 • Wei Dong, Yixing Lao, Michael Kaess, Vladlen Koltun
Unlike existing GPU hash maps, the ASH framework provides a versatile tensor interface, hiding low-level details from the users.
no code implementations • 7 Dec 2020 • Paloma Sodhi, Michael Kaess, Mustafa Mukadam, Stuart Anderson
In order to incorporate tactile measurements in the graph, we need local observation models that can map high-dimensional tactile images onto a low-dimensional state space.
no code implementations • 5 Nov 2020 • Akash Sharma, Wei Dong, Michael Kaess
We present a fast, scalable, and accurate Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) system that represents indoor scenes as a graph of objects.
no code implementations • 30 May 2020 • Lipu Zhou, Daniel Koppel, Hui Ju, Frank Steinbruecker, Michael Kaess
In contrast, a depth sensor can record hundreds of points in a plane at a time, which results in a very large nonlinear least-squares problem even for a small-scale space.
no code implementations • 3 Apr 2019 • Lipu Zhou, Shengze Wang, Jiamin Ye, Michael Kaess
Besides, when the global minimizer is the solution, our algorithm achieves the same accuracy as previous algorithms that have guaranteed global optimality, but our algorithm is applicable to real-time applications.
no code implementations • 8 Dec 2018 • Lipu Zhou, Jiamin Ye, Montiel Abello, Shengze Wang, Michael Kaess
In this paper, we introduce a bundle adjustment framework and a super-resolution network to solve the above two problems.
8 code implementations • 14 Nov 2017 • Hao-Min Liu, Chen Li, Guojun Chen, Guofeng Zhang, Michael Kaess, Hujun Bao
In this paper, we present RKD-SLAM, a robust keyframe-based dense SLAM approach for an RGB-D camera that can robustly handle fast motion and dense loop closure, and run without time limitation in a moderate size scene.
no code implementations • 21 Mar 2017 • Shichao Yang, Yu Song, Michael Kaess, Sebastian Scherer
In this paper, we propose real-time monocular plane SLAM to demonstrate that scene understanding could improve both state estimation and dense mapping especially in low-texture environments.