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September 23, 2024

Exposing the Unseen: Exposure Time Emulation for Offline Benchmarking of Vision Algorithms

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September 07, 2024

Proprioception Is All You Need: Terrain Classification for Boreal Forests

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November 21, 2023

Saturation-Aware Angular Velocity Estimation: Extending the Robustness of SLAM to Aggressive Motions

We propose a novel angular velocity estimation method to increase the robustness of Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) algorithms against gyroscope...

January 19, 2023

Extrinsic calibration for highly accurate trajectories reconstruction

In the context of robotics, accurate ground-truth positioning is the cornerstone for the development of mapping and localization algorithms. In outdoor envir...

July 27, 2022

Kilometer-scale autonomous navigation in subarctic forests: challenges and lessons learned

January 04, 2022

Lidar Scan Registration Robust to Extreme Motions

Registration algorithms, such as Iterative Closest Point (ICP), have proven effective in mobile robot localization algorithms over the last decades. However,...

December 13, 2021

Accurate outdoor ground truth based on total stations

In robotics, accurate ground-truth position fostered the development of mapping and localization algorithms through creation of cornerstone datasets. In outd...

October 23, 2020

Improving the Iterative Closest Point Algorithm using Lie Algebra

Mapping algorithms that rely on registering point clouds inevitably suffer from local drift, both in localization and in the built map. Applications that req...

September 30, 2020

Geometry Preserving Sampling Method based on Spectral Decomposition for Large-scale Environments

In the context of 3D mapping, larger and larger point clouds are acquired with lidar sensors. Although pleasing to the eye, dense maps are not necessarily ta...

May 13, 2020

Evaluation of Skid-Steering Kinematic Models for Subarctic Environments

In subarctic and arctic areas, large and heavy skid-steered robots are preferred for their robustness and ability to operate on difficult terrain. State esti...

September 13, 2019

Large-scale 3D Mapping of Subarctic Forests

The ability to map challenging subarctic environments opens new horizons for robotic deployments in industries such as forestry, surveillance, and open-pit m...

September 02, 2019

Lambda-Field: A Continuous Counterpart of the Bayesian Occupancy Grid for Risk Assessment

In a context of autonomous robots, one of the most important tasks is to ensure the safety of the robot and its surrounding. The risk of navigation is usuall...

May 27, 2019

Lidar Measurement Bias Estimation via Return Waveform Modelling in a Context of 3D Mapping

In a context of 3D mapping, it is very important to obtain accurate measurements from sensors. In particular, LIDAR measurements are typically treated as a z...

May 09, 2019

Predicting GNSS satellite visibility from dense point clouds

To help future mobile agents plan their movement in harsh environments,a predictive model has been designed to determine what areas would be favorable for Gl...

April 17, 2019

Automatic 3D Mapping for Tree Diameter Measurements in Inventory Operations

Forestry is a major industry in many parts of the world. It relies on forest inventory, which consists of measuring tree attributes. We propose to use 3D m...

February 14, 2019

Survey on UAV, lidar and underground mapping

This survey presents an overall view of lidar (Light Detection And Ranging) used on UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) and their project.

May 12, 2018

Learning a Bias Correction for Lidar-only Motion Estimation

This paper presents a novel technique to correct for bias in a classical estimator using a learning approach. We apply a learned bias correction to a lidar-o...

June 25, 2015

A Review of Point Cloud Registration Algorithms for Mobile Robotics

The topic of this review is geometric registration in robotics. Registration algorithms associate sets of data into a common coordinate system. They have b...

September 06, 2012

Challenging Data Sets for Point Cloud Registration Algorithms

This group of datasets was recorded with the aim to test point cloud registration algorithms in specific environments and conditions. Special care is taken ...

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2024

1. Gamache, O., Fortin, J.-M., Boxan, M., Vaidis, M., Pomerleau, F., & Giguère, P. (2024). Exposing the Unseen: Exposure Time Emulation for Offline Benchmarking of Vision Algorithms. ArXiv Preprint ArXiv:2309.13139, Accepted to the 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2309.13139 Accepted
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2. LaRocque, D., Guimont-Martin, W., Duclos, D.-A., Giguère, P., & Pomerleau, F. (2024). Proprioception Is All You Need: Terrain Classification for Boreal Forests. ArXiv Preprint ArXiv:2403.16877, Accepted to the 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2403.16877 Accepted
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3. Deschênes, S.-P., Baril, D., Boxan, M., Laconte, J., Giguère, P., & Pomerleau, F. (2024). Saturation-Aware Angular Velocity Estimation: Extending the Robustness of SLAM to Aggressive Motions. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.07844
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4. Baril, D., Deschênes, S.-P., Coupal, L., Goffin, C., Lépine, J., Giguère, P., & Pomerleau, F. (2024). DRIVE: Data-driven Robot Input Vector Exploration. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.10718
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5. Grondin, V., Massicotte, P., Gaha, M., Pomerleau, F., & Giguère, P. (2024, May). Leveraging Prompt-Based Segmentation Models and Large Dataset to Improve Detection of Trees. Proceedings of the Conference on Robots and Vision. https://crv.pubpub.org/pub/it4xxpil
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6. Dubois, W., Boxan, M., Laconte, J., & Pomerleau, F. (2024). 3D Mapping of Glacier Moulins: Challenges and lessons learned. In presented to the 2024 Workshop on Field Robotics from IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.18790
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7. Samson, N., Baril, D., Lépine, J., & Pomerleau, F. (2024). Comparing Motion Distortion Between Vehicle Field Deployments. In presented to the 2024 Workshop on Field Robotics from IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2405.00189
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8. Gamache, O., Fortin, J.-M., Boxan, M., Pomerleau, F., & Giguère, P. (2024). Field Report on a Wearable and Versatile Solution for Field Acquisition and Exploration. In presented to the 2024 Workshop on Field Robotics from IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2405.00199
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9. Boxan, M., Krawciw, A., Daum, E., Qiao, X., Lilge, S., Barfoot, T. D., & Pomerleau, F. (2024). FoMo: A Proposal for a Multi-Season Dataset for Robot Navigation in Forêt Montmorency. In presented to the 2024 Workshop on Field Robotics from IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.13166
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10. Vaidis, M., Shahraji, M. H., Daum, E., Dubois, W., Giguère, P., & Pomerleau, F. (2024). RTS-GT: Robotic Total Stations Ground Truthing dataset. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.11935
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2023

1. Daum, E., Vaidis, M., & Pomerleau, F. (2023). Benchmarking ground truth trajectories with robotic total stations. In presented at IROS23, Workshop on Methods for Objective Comparison of Results in Intelligent Robotics Research. https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.05134 Best paper award!
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2. Vaidis, M., Dubois, W., Daum, E., LaRocque, D., & Pomerleau, F. (2023). Uncertainty analysis for accurate reference trajectories with robotic total stations. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10341529 Accepted for oral presentation
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3. Guimont-Martin, W., Fortin, J.-M., Pomerleau, F., & Giguère, P. (2023). MaskBEV: Joint Object Detection and Footprint Completion for Bird’s-eye View 3D Point Clouds. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). Accepted for oral presentation
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4. Vaidis, M., Dubois, W., Guénette, A., Laconte, J., Kubelka, V., & Pomerleau, F. (2023). Extrinsic calibration for highly accurate trajectories reconstruction. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.01048
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5. Ebadi, K., Bernreiter, L., Biggie, H., Catt, G., Chang, Y., Chatterjee, A., Denniston, C. E., Deschênes, S.-P., Harlow, K., Khattak, S., Nogueira, L., Palieri, M., Petráček, P., Petrlík, M., Reinke, A., Krátký, V., Zhao, S., Agha-Mohammadi, A.-A., Alexis, K., … Carlone, L. (2023). Present and Future of SLAM in Extreme Environments: The DARPA SubT Challenge. IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO). https://doi.org/10.1109/TRO.2023.3323938
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6. Deschênes, S.-P., Baril, D., Kubelka, V., Giguère, P., & Pomerleau, F. (2023). Lidar Scan Registration Robust to Extreme Motions. Colloque REPARTI, Université Laval.
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7. Boxan, M., & Pomerleau, F. (2023). 3D Point Clouds Reconstruction of Environment Subject to Thin Structures. Colloque REPARTI, Université Laval.
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8. Vaidis, M., Dubois, W., Guénette, A., Laconte, J., Kubelka, V., & Pomerleau, F. (2023). Extrinsic calibration for highly accurate trajectories reconstruction. Colloque REPARTI, Université Laval.
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9. Shahraji, M. H., Larouche, C., & Pomerleau, F. (2023). Marine Mobile Mapping for Port Infrastructure Monitoring. Colloque REPARTI, Université Laval.
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10. Guimont-Martin, W., Fortin, J.-M., Pomerleau, F., & Giguère, P. (2023). MaskBEV: Joint Object Detection and Footprint Completion for Bird’s-eye View 3D Point Clouds. Colloque REPARTI, Université Laval.
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11. Courcelle, C., Baril, D., Pomerleau, F., & Laconte, J. (2023). On the Importance of Quantifying Visibility for Autonomous Vehicles under Extreme Precipitation. In H. Abut, G. Schmidt, K. Takeda, J. Lambert, & J. H. L. Hansen (Eds.), Towards Human-Vehicle Harmonization (Vol. 3, pp. 239–250). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/doi:10.1515/9783110981223-018
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12. Pomerleau, F. (2023). Robotics in Snow and Ice. In M. H. Ang, O. Khatib, & B. Siciliano (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Robotics (pp. 1–6). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
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2022

1. Grondin, V., Fortin, J.-M., Pomerleau, F., & Giguère, P. (2022). Tree Detection and Diameter Estimation Based on Deep Learning. Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, 96(2), 264–276. https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpac043
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2. Kubelka, V., Vaidis, M., & Pomerleau, F. (2022). Gravity-constrained point cloud registration. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 4873–4879. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS47612.2022.9981916
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3. Fortin, J.-M., Gamache, O., Grondin, V., Pomerleau, F., & Giguère, P. (2022). Instance Segmentation for Autonomous Log Grasping in Forestry Operations. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 6064–6071. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS47612.2022.9982286. Finalist for Best Paper Award on Agri-Robotics! Accepted for oral presentation, arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.01902
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4. Rouček, T., Pecka, M., Čížek, P., Petříček, T., Bayer, J., Šalanský, V., Azayev, T., Heřt, D., Petrlík, M., Báča, T., Spurný, V., Krátký, V., Petráček, P., Baril, D., Vaidis, M., Kubelka, V., Pomerleau, F., Faigl, J., Zimmermann, K., … Krajník, T. (2022). System for multi-robotic exploration of underground environments CTU-CRAS-NORLAB in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge. Field Robotics, 2(1), 1779–1818. https://doi.org/10.55417/fr.2022055
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5. Baril, D., Deschênes, S.-P., Gamache, O., Vaidis, M., LaRocque, D., Laconte, J., Kubelka, V., Giguère, P., & Pomerleau, F. (2022). Kilometer-scale autonomous navigation in subarctic forests: challenges and lessons learned. Field Robotics, 2(1), 1628–1660. https://doi.org/10.55417/fr.2022050
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6. Grondin, V., Pomerleau, F., & Giguère, P. (2022). Training Deep Learning Algorithms on Synthetic Forest Images for Tree Detection. In ICRA 2022 Workshop - Innovation in Forestry Robotics: Research and Industry Adoption.
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2021

1. Laconte, J., Kasmi, A., Pomerleau, F., Chapuis, R., Malaterre, L., Debain, C., & Aufrère, R. (2021). A Novel Occupancy Mapping Framework for Risk-Aware Path Planning in Unstructured Environments. Sensors, 21(22), 7562.
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2. Laconte, J., Randriamiarintsoa, E., Kasmi, A., Pomerleau, F., Chapuis, R., Debain, C., & Aufrère, R. (2021). Dynamic Lambda-Field: A Counterpart of the Bayesian Occupancy Grid for Risk Assessment in Dynamic Environments. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS).
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3. Vaidis, M., Giguère, P., Pomerleau, F., & Kubelka, V. (2021). Accurate outdoor ground truth based on total stations. 2021 18th Conference on Robots and Vision (CRV). https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.14396
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4. Deschênes, S.-P., Baril, D., Kubelka, V., Giguère, P., & Pomerleau, F. (2021). Lidar Scan Registration Robust to Extreme Motions. 2021 18th Conference on Robots and Vision (CRV). https://doi.org/10.1109/CRV52889.2021.00014
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5. Chahine, G., Vaidis, M., Pomerleau, F., & Pradalier, C. (2021). Mapping in unstructured natural environment: A sensor fusion framework for wearable sensor suites. SN Applied Sciences, 3(5).
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2020

1. Kasmi, A., Laconte, J., Aufrère, R., Denis, D., & Chapuis, R. (2020). End-to-end probabilistic ego-vehicle localization framework. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles.
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2. Kasmi, A., Laconte, J., Aufrère, R., Theodose, R., Denis, D., & Chapuis, R. (2020). An Information Driven Approach For Ego-Lane Detection Using Lidar And OpenStreetMap. 2020 16th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV), 522–528.
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3. Vaidis, M., Laconte, J., Kubelka, V., & Pomerleau, F. (2020). Improving the Iterative Closest Point Algorithm using Lie Algebra. In IROS 2020 Workshop - Bringing geometric methods to robot learning, optimization and control. https://doi.org/10.1109/CRV52889.2021.00012
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4. Kubelka, V., Dandurand, P., Babin, P., Giguère, P., & Pomerleau, F. (2020). Radio propagation models for differential GNSS based on dense point clouds. Journal of Field Robotics. https://doi.org/10.1002/rob.21988
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5. Tremblay, J.-F., Béland, M., Pomerleau, F., Gagnon, R., & Giguère, P. (2020). Automatic 3D Mapping for Tree Diameter Measurements in Inventory Operations. Journal of Field Robotics. https://doi.org/10.1002/rob.21980 Special issue: Field and Service Robotics
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6. Labussière, M., Laconte, J., & Pomerleau, F. (2020). Geometry Preserving Sampling Method based on Spectral Decomposition for Large-scale Environments. Frontiers in Robotics and AI – Multi-Robot Systems, 7, 134. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2020.572054
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7. Baril, D., Grondin, V., Deschenes, S., Laconte, J., Vaidis, M., Kubelka, V., Gallant, A., Giguere, P., & Pomerleau, F. (2020). Evaluation of Skid-Steering Kinematic Models for Subarctic Environments. 2020 17th Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV), 198–205. https://doi.org/10.1109/CRV50864.2020.00034 Best Robotic Vision Paper Award!
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2019

1. Rouček, T., Pecka, M., Cizek, P., Petricek, T., Bayer, J., Salansky, V., Hert, D., Petrlik, M., Baca, T., Spurny, V., Pomerleau, F., Kubelka, V., Faigl, J., Zimmermann, K., Saska, M., Svoboda, T., & Krajnik, T. (2019). DARPA Subterranean Challenge: Multi-robotic exploration of underground environments. Proceeding of the Modelling and Simulation for Autonomous System Workshop (MESAS).
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2. Dandurand, P., Babin, P., Kubelka, V., Giguère, P., & Pomerleau, F. (2019). Predicting GNSS satellite visibility from dense point clouds. Proceedings of the Conference on Field and Service Robotics (FSR). Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics.
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3. Dandurand, P. (2019). Application et analyse de GNSS dans l’industrie forestière [Master's thesis, Université Laval]. https://corpus.ulaval.ca/jspui/handle/20.500.11794/37873?mode=full
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4. Tremblay, J.-F., Béland, M., Pomerleau, F., Gagnon, R., & Giguère, P. (2019). Automatic 3D Mapping for Tree Diameter Measurements in Inventory Operations. Proceedings of the Conference on Field and Service Robotics (FSR). Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics.
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5. Tremblay, J.-F. (2019). Forest inventory with a lidar-equipped robot for difficult environments [Master's thesis, Université Laval]. https://corpus.ulaval.ca/jspui/handle/20.500.11794/37634?mode=full
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6. Pradalier, C., Aravecchia, S., & Pomerleau, F. (2019). Multi-session lake-shore monitoring in visually challenging conditions. Proceedings of the Conference on Field and Service Robotics (FSR). Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics.
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7. Landry, D., Pomerleau, F., & Giguère, P. (2019). CELLO-3D: Estimating the Covariance of ICP in the Real World. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).
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8. Landry, D. (2019). Data-driven covariance estimation for the iterative closest point algorithm [Master's thesis, Université Laval]. https://corpus.ulaval.ca/jspui/handle/20.500.11794/34734?mode=full
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9. Babin, P., Giguère, P., & Pomerleau, F. (2019). Analysis of Robust Functions for Registration Algorithms. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2019.8793791
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10. Babin, P., Dandurand, P., Kubelka, V., Giguère, P., & Pomerleau, F. (2019). Large-scale 3D Mapping of Subarctic Forests. Proceedings of the Conference on Field and Service Robotics (FSR). Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics.
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11. Babin, P. (2019). Analysis of error functions for the iterative closest point algorithm [Master's thesis, Université Laval]. https://corpus.ulaval.ca/jspui/handle/20.500.11794/37990?mode=full
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12. Laconte, J., Deschênes, S.-P., Labussière, M., & Pomerleau, F. (2019). Lidar Measurement Bias Estimation via Return Waveform Modelling in a Context of 3D Mapping. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).
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13. Laconte, J., Debain, C., Chapuis, R., Pomerleau, F., & Aufrere, R. (2019). Lambda-Field: A Continuous Counterpart of the Bayesian Occupancy Grid for Risk Assessment. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS).
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2018

1. Labussière, M., Laconte, J., & Pomerleau, F. (2018). Geometry Preserving Sampling Method based on Spectral Decomposition for 3D Registration. arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.01666.
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2. Landry, D., Pomerleau, F., & Giguère, P. (2018). Data-driven covariance estimation of the iterative closest point algorithm. Rendez-vous en intelligence artificielle de Québec.
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3. Babin, P., Pomerleau, F., & Giguère, P. (2018). Improving the robustness of registration algorithm in complex environments. Colloque du regroupement FRQNT-REPARTI.
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4. Tremblay, J.-F., & Béland, M. (2018). Towards operational marker-free registration of terrestiral lidar data in forests. Colloque du regroupement FRQNT-REPARTI.
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5. Tang, T., Yoon, D., Pomerleau, F., & Barfoot, T. D. (2018). Learning a Bias Correction for Lidar-Only Motion Estimation. Proceedings of the 15th Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV).
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6. McGarey, P., Yoon, D., Tang, T., Pomerleau, F., & Barfoot, T. D. (2018). Field Deployment of the Tethered Robotic eXplorer to Map Extremely Steep Terrain. Proceedings of the Conference on Field and Service Robotics (FSR). Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, 5, 303–317.
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7. McGarey, P., Yoon, D., Tang, T., Pomerleau, F., & Barfoot, T. D. (2018). Field Report: Developing and Deploying a Tethered Robot to Map Extremely Steep Terrain. Journal of Field Robotics, 35(8), 1327–1241.
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2017

1. Pomerleau, F., & Kelly, J. (Eds.). (2017). Journal of Field Robotics (Vol. 34, Number 1, pp. 3–4).
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2. Paton, M., Pomerleau, F., MacTavish, K., Ostafew, C. J., & Barfoot, T. D. (2017). Expanding the Limits of Vision-based Localization for Long-term Route-following Autonomy. Journal of Field Robotics, 34(1), 98–122.
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3. Hitz, G., Galceran, E., Garneau, M.-È., Pomerleau, F., & Siegwart, R. (2017). Adaptive continuous-space informative path planning for online environmental monitoring. Journal of Field Robotics, 34(8), 1427–1449.
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4. McGarey, P., MacTavish, K., Pomerleau, F., & Barfoot, T. D. (2017). TSLAM: Tethered simultaneous localization and mapping for mobile robots. The International Journal of Robotics Research, 36(12), 1363–1386. https://doi.org/10.1177/0278364917732639
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2016

1. Daoust, T., Pomerleau, F., & Barfoot, T. D. (2016). Light at the End of the Tunnel: High-Speed, Lidar-Based Train Localization in Challenging Underground Environments. Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV). Best Robotic Vision Paper Award!
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2. Paton, M., Pomerleau, F., & Barfoot, T. D. (2016). In the dead of winter: Challenging vision-based path following in extreme conditions. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, 113, 563–576.
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3. McGarey, P., Mactavish, K., Pomerleau, F., & Barfoot, T. D. (2016). The line leading the blind: Towards nonvisual localization and mapping for tethered mobile robots. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2016-June, 4799–4806.
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4. McGarey, P., Pomerleau, F., & Barfoot, T. D. (2016). System design of a tethered robotic explorer (TReX) for 3D mapping of steep terrain and harsh environments. Proceedings of the Conference on Field and Service Robotics (FSR). Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, 113, 267–281.
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5. Kubelka, V., Reinstein, M., & Svoboda, T. (2016). Improving multimodal data fusion for mobile robots by trajectory smoothing. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 84, 88–96.
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6. Jirku, M., Kubelka, V., & Reinstein, M. (2016). WiFi localization in 3D. 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 4551–4557.
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7. Kruijff-Korbayová, I., Freda, L., Gianni, M., Ntouskos, V., Hlaváč, V., Kubelka, V., Zimmermann, E., Surmann, H., Dulic, K., Rottner, W., & others. (2016). Deployment of ground and aerial robots in earthquake-struck amatrice in italy (brief report). 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), 278–279.
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2015

1. Pomerleau, F., Colas, F., & Siegwart, R. (2015). A Review of Point Cloud Registration Algorithms for Mobile Robotics. Foundations and Trends in Robotics, 4(1), 1–104.
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2. Paton, M., Pomerleau, F., & Barfoot, T. D. (2015). Eyes in the Back of Your Head: Robust Visual Teach & Repeat Using Multiple Stereo Cameras. Proceedings of the 12th Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV), 46–53.
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3. Krüsi, P., Bücheler, B., Pomerleau, F., Schwesinger, U., Siegwart, R., & Furgale, P. (2015). Lighting-invariant adaptive route following using iterative closest point matching. Journal of Field Robotics, 32(4), 534–564.
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4. Kubelka, V., Oswald, L., Pomerleau, F., Colas, F., Svoboda, T., & Reinstein, M. (2015). Robust data fusion of multimodal sensory information for mobile robots. Journal of Field Robotics, 32(4), 447–473.
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5. Hitz, G., Pomerleau, F., Colas, F., & Siegwart, R. (2015). State Estimation for Shore Monitoring Using an Autonomous Surface Vessel. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER). Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, 745–760.
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6. Hitz, G., Pomerleau, F., Colas, F., & Siegwart, R. (2015). Relaxing the planar assumption: 3D state estimation for an autonomous surface vessel. International Journal of Robotics Research, 34(13), 1604–1621.
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7. Simanek, J., Reinstein, M., & Kubelka, V. (2015). Evaluation of the EKF-based estimation architectures for data fusion in mobile robots. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 20(2), 985–990.
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8. Simanek, J., Kubelka, V., & Reinstein, M. (2015). Improving multi-modal data fusion by anomaly detection. Autonomous Robots, 39(2), 139–154.
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2014

1. Furgale, P., Krüsi, P., Pomerleau, F., Schwesinger, U., Colas, F., & Siegwart, R. (2014). There and Back Again–-Dealing with highly-dynamic scenes and long-term change during topological/metric route following. In ICRA14 Workshop on Modelling, Estimation, Perception, and Control of All Terrain Mobile Robots.
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2. Pomerleau, F., Krüsi, P., Colas, F., Furgale, P., & Siegwart, R. (2014). Long-term 3D map maintenance in dynamic environments. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 3712–3719.
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3. Hitz, G., Gotovos, A., Pomerleau, F., Garneau, M.-E., Pradalier, C., Krause, A., & Siegwart, R. Y. (2014). Fully autonomous focused exploration for robotic environmental monitoring. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2658–2664.
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4. Kruijff, G. J. M., Kruijff-Korbayová, I., Keshavdas, S., Larochelle, B., Janíček, M., Colas, F., Liu, M., Pomerleau, F., Siegwart, R., Neerincx, M. A., Looije, R., Smets, N. J. J. M., Mioch, T., Van Diggelen, J., Pirri, F., Gianni, M., Ferri, F., Menna, M., Worst, R., … Hlaváč, V. (2014). Designing, developing, and deploying systems to support human-robot teams in disaster response. Advanced Robotics, 28(23), 1547–1570.
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5. Kruijff, G. J. M., Janíček, M., Keshavdas, S., Larochelle, B., Zender, H., Smets, N. J. J. M., Mioch, T., Neerincx, M. A., Diggelen, J. V., Colas, F., Liu, M., Pomerleau, F., Siegwart, R., Hlaváč, V., Svoboda, T., Petříček, T., Reinstein, M., Zimmermann, K., Pirri, F., … Sulk, M. (2014). Experience in system design for human-robot teaming in urban search and rescue. Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Field and Service Robotics (FSR), 92, 111–125.
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6. Kubelka, V., & Reinstein, M. (2014). Combining Complementary Motion Estimation Approaches to Increase Reliability in Urban Search & Rescue Missions. International Workshop on Modelling and Simulation for Autonomous Systems, 347–356.
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2013

1. Pomerleau, F., Colas, F., Siegwart, R., & Magnenat, S. (2013). Comparing ICP variants on real-world data sets: Open-source library and experimental protocol. Autonomous Robots, 34(3), 133–148.
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2. Pomerleau, F. (2013). Applied Registration for Robotics: Methodology and Tools for ICP-like Algorithms [PhD thesis]. Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich.
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3. Colas, F., Mahesh, S., Pomerleau, F., Liu, M., & Siegwart, R. (2013). 3D path planning and execution for search and rescue ground robots. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 722–727. Best RoboCup Paper Award!
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4. Garneau, M.-È., Posch, T., Hitz, G., Pomerleau, F., Pradalier, C., Siegwart, R., & Pernthaler, J. (2013). Short-term displacement of \textitPlanktothrix Rubescens (cyanobacteria) in a pre-alpine lake observed using an autonomous sampling platform. Limnology and Oceanography, 58(5), 1892–1906.
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5. Reinstein, M., Kubelka, V., & Zimmermann, K. (2013). Terrain adaptive odometry for mobile skid-steer robots. 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 4706–4711.
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2012

1. Pomerleau, F., Liu, M., Colas, F., & Siegwart, R. (2012). Challenging data sets for point cloud registration algorithms. International Journal of Robotics Research, 31(14), 1705–1711.
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2. Hitz, G., Pomerleau, F., Garneau, M.-E., Pradalier, C., Posch, T., Pernthaler, J., & Siegwart, R. Y. (2012). Autonomous inland water monitoring: Design and application of a surface vessel. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 19(1), 62–72.
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3. Stumm, E., Breitenmoser, A., Pomerleau, F., Pradalier, C., & Siegwart, R. (2012). Tensor-voting-based navigation for robotic inspection of 3D surfaces using lidar point clouds. International Journal of Robotics Research, 31(12), 1465–1488.
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4. Liu, M., Pradalier, C., Pomerleau, F., & Siegwart, R. (2012). The role of homing in visual topological navigation. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 567–572.
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5. Liu, M., Pradalier, C., Pomerleau, F., & Siegwart, R. (2012). Scale-only visual homing from an omnidirectional camera. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 3944–3949.
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6. Liu, M., Pomerleau, F., Colas, F., & Siegwart, R. (2012). Normal estimation for pointcloud using GPU based sparse tensor voting. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 91–96.
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7. Liu, M., Colas, F., Pomerleau, F., & Siegwart, R. (2012). A Markov semi-supervised clustering approach and its application in topological map extraction. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 4743–4748.
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8. Kubelka, V., & Reinstein, M. (2012). Complementary filtering approach to orientation estimation using inertial sensors only. 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 599–605.
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9. Gemme, S., Gingras, D., Salerno, A., Dupuis, E., Pomerleau, F., & Michaud, F. (2012). Pose Refinement Using ICP Applied to 3-D LIDAR Data for Exploration Rovers. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space.
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10. Pomerleau, F., Breitenmoser, A., Liu, M., Colas, F., & Siegwart, R. (2012). Noise Characterization of Depth Sensors for Surface Inspections. Proceedings of the Applied Robotics for the Power Industry (CARPI).
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2011

1. Pomerleau, F., Magnenat, S., Colas, F., Liu, M., & Siegwart, R. (2011). Tracking a depth camera: Parameter exploration for fast ICP. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 3824–3829.
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2. Pomerleau, F., Lescot, B., Colas, F., Liu, M., & Siegwart, R. (2011). Dataset acquisitions for USAR environment: Vol. FS-11-05 (pp. 49–54). AAAI Fall Symposium - Technical Report.
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3. Sturm, J., Magnenat, S., Engelhard, N., Pomerleau, F., Colas, F., Cremers, D., Siegwart, R., & Burgard, W. (2011). Towards a benchmark for RGB-D SLAM evaluation. In Workshop on advanced reasoning with depth cameras at Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS).
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4. Gianni, M., Papadakis, P., Pirri, F., Liu, M., Pomerleau, F., Colas, F., Zimmermann, K., Svoboda, T., Petricek, T., Kruijff, G. J. M., Khambhaita, H., & Zender, H. (2011). A unified framework for planning and execution-monitoring of mobile robots: Vol. WS-11-09 (pp. 39–44). AAAI Workshop - Technical Report.
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5. Tâche, F., Pomerleau, F., Caprari, G., Siegwart, R., Bosse, M., & Moser, R. (2011). Three-dimensional localization for the MagneBike inspection robot. Journal of Field Robotics, 28(2), 180–203.
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2010

1. Pomerleau, F., & Colas, F. (2010). Evaluation of stereo reconstruction for 3D mapping. 4th International Conference on Cognitive Systems (CogSys).
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2. Michaud, F., Boissy, P., Labonté, D., Brire, S., Perreault, K., Corriveau, H., Grant, A., Lauria, M., Cloutier, R., Roux, M.-A., Iannuzzi, D., Royer, M.-P., Ferland, F., Pomerleau, F., & Létourneau, D. (2010). Exploratory design and evaluation of a homecare teleassistive mobile robotic system. Mechatronics, 20(7), 751–766.
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3. Tâche, F., Pomerleau, F., Fischer, W., Caprari, G., Mondada, F., Moser, R., & Siegwart, R. (2010). MagneBike: Compact magnetic wheeled robot for power plant inspection. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Applied Robotics for the Power Industry (CARPI).
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4. Pomerleau, F., Colas, F., Ferland, F., & Michaud, F. (2010). Relative Motion Threshold for Rejection in ICP Registration. Proceedings of the Conference on Field and Service Robotics (FSR). Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, 62, 229–238.
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2009

1. Triebel, R., Scaramuzza, D., Rufli, M., Spinello, L., Pomerleau, F., & Siegwart, R. (2009). Key Technologies for Intelligent and Safer Cars–from Motion Estimation to Predictive Motion Planning. In Workshop on Planning, Perception and Navigation for Intelligent Vehicles (PPNIV).
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2008

1. Ferland, F., Pomerleau, F., Dinh, C. T. L., & Michaud, F. (2008). Egocentric and exocentric teleoperation interface using real-time, 3D video projection. Proceedings of the 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), 37–44.
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2. Pomerleau, F. (2008). Registration algorithm optimized for simultaneous localization and mapping [Master's thesis]. Université de Sherbrooke.
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