Robust loop closure by textual cues in challenging environments

• Main Authors: Jin, Tongxing, Nguyen,Thien-Minh, Xu, Xinhang, Yang, Yizhuo, Yuan, Shenghai, Li, Jianping, Xie, Lihua
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2025
• Subjects: Computer and Information Science; Loop closure; Localization
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/182125
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Loop closure is an important task in robot navigation. However, existing methods mostly rely on some implicit or heuristic features of the environment, which can still fail to work in common environments such as corridors, tunnels, and warehouses. Indeed, navigating in such featureless, degenerative...