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12/02/2022
Diver Interest via Pointing: Human-Directed Object Inspection for AUVs
In this paper, we present the Diver Interest via Pointing (DIP) algorith...
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11/05/2022
HREyes: Design, Development, and Evaluation of a Novel Method for AUVs to Communicate Information and Gaze Direction
We present the design, development, and evaluation of HREyes: biomimetic...
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09/28/2022
Visual Detection of Diver Attentiveness for Underwater Human-Robot Interaction
Many underwater tasks, such as cable-and-wreckage inspection, search-and...
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07/12/2022
Robotic Detection of a Human-Comprehensible Gestural Language for Underwater Multi-Human-Robot Collaboration
In this paper, we present a motion-based robotic communication framework...
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12/03/2021
Fast Direct Stereo Visual SLAM
We propose a novel approach for fast and accurate stereo visual Simultan...
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11/05/2021
Using Monocular Vision and Human Body Priors for AUVs to Autonomously Approach Divers
Direct communication between humans and autonomous underwater vehicles (...
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09/19/2021
Continuous-Time Spline Visual-Inertial Odometry
We propose a continuous-time spline-based formulation for visual-inertia...
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09/15/2021
ROW-SLAM: Under-Canopy Cornfield Semantic SLAM
We study a semantic SLAM problem faced by a robot tasked with autonomous...
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07/13/2021
Semantically-Aware Strategies for Stereo-Visual Robotic Obstacle Avoidance
Mobile robots in unstructured, mapless environments must rely on an obst...
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12/10/2020
A Generative Approach for Detection-driven Underwater Image Enhancement
In this paper, we introduce a generative model for image enhancement spe...
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11/25/2020
An Analysis of Deep Object Detectors For Diver Detection
With the end goal of selecting and using diver detection models to suppo...
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11/18/2020
Visual Diver Face Recognition for Underwater Human-Robot Interaction
This paper presents a deep-learned facial recognition method for underwa...
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11/12/2020
SVAM: Saliency-guided Visual Attention Modeling by Autonomous Underwater Robots
This paper presents a holistic approach to saliency-guided visual attent...
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11/05/2020
Learning Rolling Shutter Correction from Real Data without Camera Motion Assumption
The rolling shutter mechanism in modern cameras generates distortions as...
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07/16/2020
TrashCan: A Semantically-Segmented Dataset towards Visual Detection of Marine Debris
This paper presents TrashCan, a large dataset comprised of images of und...
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04/02/2020
Semantic Segmentation of Underwater Imagery: Dataset and Benchmark
In this paper, we present the first large-scale dataset for semantic Seg...
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03/19/2020
Design and Experiments with LoCO AUV: A Low Cost Open-Source Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
In this paper we present LoCO AUV, a Low-Cost, Open Autonomous Underwate...
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02/04/2020
Simultaneous Enhancement and Super-Resolution of Underwater Imagery for Improved Visual Perception
In this paper, we introduce and tackle the simultaneous enhancement and ...
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10/21/2019
Real-Time Multi-Diver Tracking and Re-identification for Underwater Human-Robot Collaboration
Autonomous underwater robots working with teams of human divers may need...
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10/10/2019
A Generative Approach Towards Improved Robotic Detection of Marine Litter
This paper presents an approach to address data scarcity problems in und...
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09/20/2019
Underwater Image Super-Resolution using Deep Residual Multipliers
We present a deep residual network-based generative model for single ima...
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09/16/2019
Place Recognition for Stereo VisualOdometry using LiDAR descriptors
Place recognition is a core component in SLAM, and in most visual SLAM s...
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05/29/2019
Extending Monocular Visual Odometry to Stereo Camera System by Scale Optimization
This paper proposes a novel approach for extending monocular visual odom...
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03/23/2019
Fast Underwater Image Enhancement for Improved Visual Perception
In this paper, we present a conditional generative adversarial network-b...
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03/07/2019
By Land, Air, or Sea: Multi-Domain Robot Communication Via Motion
In this paper, we explore the use of motion for robot-to-human communica...
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03/03/2019
Robot-to-Robot Relative Pose Estimation using Humans as Markers
In this paper, we propose a method to determine the 3D relative pose of ...
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09/21/2018
An Evaluation of Bayesian Methods for Bathymetry-based Localization of Autonomous Underwater Robots
This paper presents novel probabilistic algorithms for localization of a...
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09/21/2018
Robot Communication Via Motion: Closing the Underwater Human-Robot Interaction Loop
In this paper, we propose a novel method for underwater robot-to-human c...
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09/19/2018
DSVO: Direct Stereo Visual Odometry
This paper proposes a novel approach to stereo visual odometry without s...
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09/19/2018
Visual Diver Recognition for Underwater Human-Robot Collaboration
This paper presents an approach for autonomous underwater robots to visu...
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09/18/2018
Towards a Generic Diver-Following Algorithm: Balancing Robustness and Efficiency in Deep Visual Detection
This paper explores the design and development of a class of robust dive...
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07/24/2018
SafeDrive: Enhancing Lane Appearance for Autonomous and Assisted Driving Under Limited Visibility
Autonomous detection of lane markers improves road safety, and purely vi...
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04/03/2018
Robotic Detection of Marine Litter Using Deep Visual Detection Models
Trash deposits in aquatic environments have a destructive effect on mari...
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03/22/2018
Person Following by Autonomous Robots: A Categorical Overview
A wide range of human-robot collaborative applications in industry, sear...
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01/11/2018
Enhancing Underwater Imagery using Generative Adversarial Networks
Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) rely on a variety of sensors - aco...
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09/26/2017
Dynamic Reconfiguration of Mission Parameters in Underwater Human-Robot Collaboration
This paper presents a real-time programming and parameter reconfiguratio...
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09/25/2017
Underwater Multi-Robot Convoying using Visual Tracking by Detection
We present a robust multi-robot convoying approach that relies on visual...
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01/29/2017