no code implementations • 27 Apr 2024 • Nikolaos Stathoulopoulos, Björn Lindqvist, Anton Koval, Ali-akbar Agha-mohammadi, George Nikolakopoulos
In this article, a novel approach for merging 3D point cloud maps in the context of egocentric multi-robot exploration is presented.
no code implementations • 3 Feb 2024 • Nikolaos Stathoulopoulos, Mario A. V. Saucedo, Anton Koval, George Nikolakopoulos
In the field of resource-constrained robots and the need for effective place recognition in multi-robotic systems, this article introduces RecNet, a novel approach that concurrently addresses both challenges.
no code implementations • 14 Aug 2023 • Alexander Kyuroson, Anton Koval, George Nikolakopoulos
Finally, all high elevation points in the PLC are identified based on their distance to the newly segmented power lines.
no code implementations • 14 Aug 2023 • Alexander Kyuroson, Anton Koval, George Nikolakopoulos
Search and Rescue (SAR) missions in harsh and unstructured Sub-Terranean (Sub-T) environments in the presence of aerosol particles have recently become the main focus in the field of robotics.
no code implementations • 27 Jun 2023 • Nikolaos Stathoulopoulos, Anton Koval, George Nikolakopoulos
Change detection and irregular object extraction in 3D point clouds is a challenging task that is of high importance not only for autonomous navigation but also for updating existing digital twin models of various industrial environments.
no code implementations • 27 Apr 2023 • Alexander Kyuroson, Niklas Dahlquist, Nikolaos Stathoulopoulos, Vignesh Kottayam Viswanathan, Anton Koval, George Nikolakopoulos
Thus, there is a need of fusing acquired data from these sensors with data from Radio Detection and Rangings (RADARs) which can penetrate through such particles.
no code implementations • 22 Jan 2023 • Nikolaos Stathoulopoulos, Anton Koval, Ali-akbar Agha-mohammadi, George Nikolakopoulos
This article presents a 3D point cloud map-merging framework for egocentric heterogeneous multi-robot exploration, based on overlap detection and alignment, that is independent of a manual initial guess or prior knowledge of the robots' poses.
2 code implementations • 17 Apr 2020 • Anton Koval, Christoforos Kanellakis, Emil Vidmark, Jakub Haluska, George Nikolakopoulos
Subterranean environments with lots of obstacles, including narrow passages, large voids, rock falls and absence of illumination were always challenging for control, navigation, and perception of mobile robots.
Robotics