3 papers
cs.RO2021
Autonomous Robotic Mapping of Fragile Geologic Features
Zhiang Chen, J Ramon Arrowsmith, Jnaneshwar Das
Robotic mapping is useful in scientific applications that involve surveying unstructured environments. This paper presents a target-oriented mapping system for sparsely distributed…
cs.RO2020
Localization and Mapping of Sparse Geologic Features with Unpiloted Aircraft Systems
Zhiang Chen, Sarah Bearman, J Ramon Arrowsmith +1
Robotic mapping is attractive in many scientific applications that involve environmental surveys. This paper presents a system for localization and mapping of sparsely distributed…
cs.RO2019
Geomorphological Analysis Using Unpiloted Aircraft Systems, Structure from Motion, and Deep Learning
Zhiang Chen, Tyler R. Scott, Sarah Bearman +5
We present a pipeline for geomorphological analysis that uses structure from motion (SfM) and deep learning on close-range aerial imagery to estimate spatial distributions of rock…