Videos

Sparse Pose Adjustment SPA algorithm on a large dataset, with 3755 nodes and 7352 constraints. The first segment is an incremental method showing fast realtime performance: the nodes are pulled sequentially from a file and optimized incrementally. The system slows down at the end because of the drawing, not the optimization. The second segment is batch mode, with all nodes initialized from odometry - the red lines show cross-constraints that are highly stressed. The final segment shows SPA again in batch mode, with all the nodes at the origin, and with their orientation derived from odometry; successive iterations of SPA move the graph to its final position.
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Autonomous Navigation Autonomous navigation experiment. Although the shortest obstacle-free path from the start to the goal position led over grass, the robot could reliably avoid the vegetated areas by using our vegetation classifier and traveled over the paved streets to reach its goal.
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SLAM evaluation Evaluating the results of SLAM algorithms using a graph of relations.
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aerial image localization Graph-based SLAM using aerial images as prior information.
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autonomous driving Autonomous navigation in a multi-level parking garage and the surrounding environment. The car parks itself on a defined parking spot on the upper level of the garage.
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autonomous navigation Autonomous indoor / outdoor navigation. The robot starts on the first floor of a building. After leaving the building, the robot re-renters the same building on the second floor.
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autonomous navigation Autonomous outdoor navigation. The robot drives through an underpass and over the corresponding bridge.
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parking garage Localization (position tracking) in a MLS Map of a multi-level parking garage and the surrounding environment.
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movie Localization (position tracking) in a MLS Map of the environment around the building 079.
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movie Localization (position tracking) in a MLS Map of the environment around the train station "Freiburg Messe".
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