Simultaneous Localization and Mapping

Basics

• A technology mainly used in Robotics (Especially Autonomous Robots and Semi-Autonomous Robots) ), Self Driving Vehicles and some Semi-Self Driving Vehicles, AR, MR, and for some VR designs
• Does Two Things at Once:
  • Localization : Where the object/device is in relation to it's enviroment in the present
  • Mapping : Makes a map of the enviroment, usually a [Point Cloud]] , and stores this for data logging, and for future route planning and obsticle avoidance

See Also

• Robotics
• Machine Vision
• ROS
• LIDAR
• RADAR
• Utrasonic Distance Sensing

Useful Links

• The Wikipedia Page on Simultaneous Localization and Mapping