Large scale optical mapping methods are in great demand among scientists who study different aspects of the seabed, and have been fostered by impressive advances in the capabilities of underwater robots in gathering optical data from the seafloor. Cost and weight constraints mean that low-cost ROVs usually have a very limited number of sensors. When a low-cost robot carries out a seafloor survey using a down-looking camera, it usually follows a predefined trajectory that provides several non time-consecutive overlapping image pairs. Finding these pairs (a process known as topology...
Large scale optical mapping methods are in great demand among scientists who study different aspects of the seabed, and have been fostered by impre...
This book presents novel learning techniques that enable mobile platforms with one or more robotic manipulators to autonomously adapt to new or changing situations.
This book presents novel learning techniques that enable mobile platforms with one or more robotic manipulators to autonomously adapt to new or changi...
Since the quality of a visual loop closure detection algorithm is related to the image description method and its ability to index previously seen images, several methods for loop closure detection adopting different approaches are developed and assessed.
Since the quality of a visual loop closure detection algorithm is related to the image description method and its ability to index previously seen ima...
