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 • 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.