Search Results for author: Brendan Englot

Found 13 papers, 6 papers with code

Fast Design Space Exploration of Nonlinear Systems: Part I

no code implementations5 Apr 2021 Sanjai Narain, Emily Mak, Dana Chee, Brendan Englot, Kishore Pochiraju, Niraj K. Jha, Karthik Narayan

This paper presents a new method of solving the inverse design problem namely, given requirements or constraints on output, find an input that also optimizes an objective function.

Active Learning Bayesian Optimization +1

Robust Place Recognition using an Imaging Lidar

1 code implementation3 Mar 2021 Tixiao Shan, Brendan Englot, Fabio Duarte, Carlo Ratti, Daniela Rus

We propose a methodology for robust, real-time place recognition using an imaging lidar, which yields image-quality high-resolution 3D point clouds.

Variational Filtering with Copula Models for SLAM

no code implementations2 Aug 2020 John D. Martin, Kevin Doherty, Caralyn Cyr, Brendan Englot, John Leonard

The ability to infer map variables and estimate pose is crucial to the operation of autonomous mobile robots.

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping

Autonomous Exploration Under Uncertainty via Deep Reinforcement Learning on Graphs

1 code implementation24 Jul 2020 Fanfei Chen, John D. Martin, Yewei Huang, Jinkun Wang, Brendan Englot

We consider an autonomous exploration problem in which a range-sensing mobile robot is tasked with accurately mapping the landmarks in an a priori unknown environment efficiently in real-time; it must choose sensing actions that both curb localization uncertainty and achieve information gain.

Decision Making reinforcement-learning +1

LIO-SAM: Tightly-coupled Lidar Inertial Odometry via Smoothing and Mapping

1 code implementation IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2020 Tixiao Shan, Brendan Englot, Drew Meyers, Wei Wang, Carlo Ratti, Daniela Rus

We propose a framework for tightly-coupled lidar inertial odometry via smoothing and mapping, LIO-SAM, that achieves highly accurate, real-time mobile robot trajectory estimation and map-building.

Robotics

Simulation-based Lidar Super-resolution for Ground Vehicles

1 code implementation arXiv 2020 Tixiao Shan, Jinkun Wang, Fanfei Chen, Paul Szenher, Brendan Englot

We propose a methodology for lidar super-resolution with ground vehicles driving on roadways, which relies completely on a driving simulator to enhance, via deep learning, the apparent resolution of a physical lidar.

Robotics Image and Video Processing

Recursive Sparse Pseudo-input Gaussian Process SARSA

no code implementations17 Nov 2018 John Martin, Brendan Englot

The class of Gaussian Process (GP) methods for Temporal Difference learning has shown promise for data-efficient model-free Reinforcement Learning.

reinforcement-learning Reinforcement Learning (RL)

Sparse Gaussian Process Temporal Difference Learning for Marine Robot Navigation

no code implementations2 Oct 2018 John Martin, Jinkun Wang, Brendan Englot

Our results show SPGP-SARSA can outperform the state-of-the-art sparse method, replicate the prediction quality of its exact counterpart, and be applied to solve underwater navigation tasks.

Marine Robot Navigation Navigate +1

LeGO-LOAM: Lightweight and Ground-Optimized Lidar Odometry and Mapping on Variable Terrain

1 code implementation1 Oct 2018 Tixiao Shan, Brendan Englot

We propose a lightweight and ground-optimized lidar odometry and mapping method, LeGO-LOAM, for realtime six degree-of-freedom pose estimation with ground vehicles.

Point Cloud Segmentation Pose Estimation

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