Probing the 3D Awareness of Visual Foundation Models
As visual foundation models increasingly find their way into SLAM and 3D reconstruction pipelines, an important question arises: are these
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Luigi Freda
Robotics & Computer Vision Engineer, PhD
self-driving car
pySLAM v.2.10.0 – A Hybrid Python/C++ Framework for Visual SLAM and 3D Perception
I’m happy to share pySLAM v2.10.0 🎉 🔗 https://github.com/luigifreda/pyslam This is a major update that moves the project forward on
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Waymo has unveiled the Waymo World Model
Waymo has unveiled the Waymo World Model, a next-generation simulation platform built on Google DeepMind’s Genie 3. This frontier generative
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A new release of pySLAM is here. Loop-closing, volumetric integration, depth prediction and more improvements.
🎉 pySLAM v2.2.5 is here! This new release includes a visual SLAM pipeline for monocular, stereo, and RGBD cameras with:
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pySLAM v2.1 is out
I am happy to share the new version of pyslam: v2.1. It comes with new improvements and the following new
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PLVS code released
I am happy to release the code of my project PLVS. PLVS is a real-time system that leverages sparse RGB-D and Stereo SLAM, volumetric mapping, and
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Fourth TRADR Evaluation Exercise in Rotterdam with GB Firefighters
From November 6th to November 17th, I took part to the fourth TRADR Evaluation Exercise in Rotterdam. The full TRADR system was evaluated by the GB firefighters end-users
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Driverless cars that ‘see’ the road ahead
Micheal Milford explains how to make a driverless car see the road ahead. From his Google+ post: “We were asked to
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Do we need self-driving cars?
This post reports that a self-driving Uber car was involved in a high-speed crash in Tempe, Arizona. No one was
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The Going Rate for Self-driving Talent is $10 million per Person, word of Sebastian Thrun
According to this post, Sebastian Thrun said “Uber has just bought a half-a-year-old company [Otto] with 70 employees for almost $700
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A Self-Driving Fleet Arrives in Pittsburgh This Month – Uber Steps on the Accelerator
Uber is definitely stepping on the accelerator… “Starting later this month, Uber will allow customers in downtown Pittsburgh to summon
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