This thesis presents a novel occupancy grid mapping approach which takes the dependencies of neighboring grid cells into account. The grid maps are estimated based on a compact environment representation which is derived ...

Localization is an essential capability of mobile robots and place recognition is an important component of localization. Only having precise localization, robots can reliably plan, navigate and understand the environment ...

Localization is an essential task in automated driving and advanced driver assistance systems. The precise location of a vehicle is required for extracting information from a map about the vehicle's environment. The map ...