3 papers
cs.RO2026
Splatblox: Traversability-Aware Gaussian Splatting for Outdoor Robot Navigation
Samarth Chopra, Jing Liang, Gershom Seneviratne +5
We present Splatblox, a real-time system for autonomous navigation in outdoor environments with dense vegetation, irregular obstacles, and complex terrain. Our method fuses segment…
cs.CV2025
PhysGS: Bayesian-Inferred Gaussian Splatting for Physical Property Estimation
Samarth Chopra, Jing Liang, Gershom Seneviratne +1
Understanding physical properties such as friction, stiffness, hardness, and material composition is essential for enabling robots to interact safely and effectively with their sur…
cs.RO2025
DR. Nav: Semantic-Geometric Representations for Proactive Dead-End Recovery and Navigation
Vignesh Rajagopal, Kasun Weerakoon Kulathun Mudiyanselage, Gershom Devake Seneviratne +5
We present DR. Nav (Dead-End Recovery-aware Navigation), a novel approach to autonomous navigation in scenarios where dead-end detection and recovery are critical, particularly in…