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Dense RGB-D-Inertial SLAM with Map Deformations
Tristan Laidlow, Michael Bloesch, Wenbin Li +1
While dense visual SLAM methods are capable of estimating dense reconstructions of the environment, they suffer from a lack of robustness in their tracking step, especially when th…
Towards General and Autonomous Learning of Core Skills: A Case Study in Locomotion
Roland Hafner, Tim Hertweck, Philipp Klöppner +6
Modern Reinforcement Learning (RL) algorithms promise to solve difficult motor control problems directly from raw sensory inputs. Their attraction is due in part to the fact that t…
MID-Fusion: Octree-based Object-Level Multi-Instance Dynamic SLAM
Binbin Xu, Wenbin Li, Dimos Tzoumanikas +3
We propose a new multi-instance dynamic RGB-D SLAM system using an object-level octree-based volumetric representation. It can provide robust camera tracking in dynamic environment…
Task-Embedded Control Networks for Few-Shot Imitation Learning
Stephen James, Michael Bloesch, Andrew J. Davison
Much like humans, robots should have the ability to leverage knowledge from previously learned tasks in order to learn new tasks quickly in new and unfamiliar environments. Despite…
Why and How to Avoid the Flipped Quaternion Multiplication
Hannes Sommer, Igor Gilitschenski, Michael Bloesch +3
Over the last decades quaternions have become a crucial and very successful tool for attitude representation in robotics and aerospace. However, there is a major problem that is co…
Build Your Own Visual-Inertial Drone: A Cost-Effective and Open-Source Autonomous Drone
Inkyu Sa, Mina Kamel, Michael Burri +5
This paper describes an approach to building a cost-effective and research grade visual-inertial odometry aided vertical taking-off and landing (VTOL) platform. We utilize an off-t…
A Primer on the Differential Calculus of 3D Orientations
Michael Bloesch, Hannes Sommer, Tristan Laidlow +8
The proper handling of 3D orientations is a central element in many optimization problems in engineering. Unfortunately many researchers and engineers struggle with the formulation…
An Open Source, Fiducial Based, Visual-Inertial Motion Capture System
Michael Neunert, Michael Bloesch, Jonas Buchli
Many robotic tasks rely on the accurate localization of moving objects within a given workspace. This information about the objects' poses and velocities are used for control,motio…