Projects sharing features with ORB SLAM3

ORB_SLAM2 is a visual simultaneous localization and mapping system that tracks camera movement and builds 3D environments from image data. It functions as a real-time visual odometry tool and sparse 3D reconstructor, computing the position and orientation of a camera while generating a point cloud map of a physical space. The system utilizes a camera relocalization engine to identify a camera's position within a known map after tracking failure or system restarts. It incorporates a spatial tracker to enable the precise insertion and composition of virtual 3D objects into real-world planar reg

VINS-Mono is a monocular visual-inertial odometry system and loop closure SLAM framework. It functions as a real-time state estimator that fuses data from a single camera and an inertial measurement unit to determine a robot's position and orientation. The project includes a non-linear optimizer for robotics and tools for sensor calibration. The system distinguishes itself through online sensor calibration, which automatically determines spatial extrinsics and temporal offsets between the camera and inertial unit during operation. It also incorporates rolling shutter distortion correction to

This project is a robotics software package designed for simultaneous localization and mapping, providing a framework for visual-inertial odometry and environmental mapping. It functions as a middleware-integrated library that enables autonomous mobile robots to estimate their position and orientation by processing sensor data within modular software systems. The library distinguishes itself by utilizing hardware-accelerated processing to perform feature tracking and odometry calculations on dedicated graphics hardware. It maintains spatial accuracy through graph-based optimization and statis

pyslam is a framework for Simultaneous Localization and Mapping that combines Python flexibility with C++ performance. It is a sparse SLAM implementation designed to map environment geometry and track device location by processing image frames into 3D points. The project features a bridge for exposing high-performance C++ classes to Python scripts using zero-copy memory sharing. This integration allows for switching between a scripting interface for rapid prototyping and a compiled core for execution speed. The system includes a spatial map optimizer to refine 3D point and camera pose estima

Cartographer is a software library and spatial localization engine for simultaneous localization and mapping. It provides a framework for calculating the precise position and orientation of a device while concurrently generating real-time 2D and 3D representations of its environment using lidar-based data. The system implements a real-time mapping approach that uses live sensor streams to track device heading and position. It utilizes a submap-based mapping strategy to divide environments into local maps that are aligned into a global map. The project covers a range of SLAM capabilities, inc

VINS-Fusion is a multi-sensor fusion framework and visual-inertial odometry system. It integrates camera images, inertial measurement unit data, and global positioning signals through a non-linear optimization system to track the position and orientation of autonomous vehicles. The system includes a visual loop closure engine that utilizes a bag-of-words approach to recognize previously visited locations and correct trajectory drift. It further provides tools for online spatio-temporal calibration to determine the physical offset and time synchronization between cameras and inertial sensors d

OM1 is a multimodal AI agent runtime and orchestration framework designed to connect large language models to physical robot hardware and sensors. It provides an execution environment that processes audio, video, and sensor data to drive autonomous decisions and actions in real-world settings. The system integrates a robotics SLAM and navigation stack with a hardware abstraction layer, allowing high-level AI commands to be translated into low-level motor and actuator instructions. It distinguishes itself by incorporating blockchain-based governance to enforce immutable operational rules and p

This project is a comprehensive research platform designed for the end-to-end lifecycle of robotic learning. It provides a modular framework for training neural network policies—specifically through imitation and reinforcement learning—and deploying them onto physical robotic hardware. By offering a unified interface for hardware abstraction, the platform decouples high-level control logic from the specific sensors and actuators of diverse robotic systems. The framework distinguishes itself through a standardized approach to data and policy management. It utilizes a consistent schema for reco

jetson-inference is a set of libraries and tools for executing optimized deep learning models on embedded GPU hardware. Its primary purpose is to enable real-time computer vision and AI inference at the edge with low latency and high throughput. The project distinguishes itself through high-performance streaming analytics and the ability to execute concurrent AI pipelines on auto-grade silicon. It provides specialized support for multi-sensor stream processing, utilizing zero-copy data transport to load camera frames directly into GPU memory. The codebase covers a broad surface of capabiliti

This project is a set of exercise solutions and implementation guides for visual simultaneous localization and mapping. It provides a collection of worked code examples and mathematical solutions designed to translate theoretical localization and mapping concepts into practical implementations. The repository serves as a technical companion for academic study, featuring worked answers to SLAM exercises and a system for tracking typographical and technical corrections to maintain the accuracy of the associated written work. The codebase covers spatial mathematics and robotics geometry, includ

Ceres Solver is a C++ library for numerical optimization, specializing in non-linear least squares and unconstrained optimization problems. It serves as a framework for automatic differentiation and robust curve fitting, providing tools to solve large-scale mathematical models. The library is distinguished by its bundle adjustment capabilities, which exploit sparse matrix structures to refine 3D scene points and camera parameters. It utilizes dual-number automatic differentiation to compute derivatives of cost functions, removing the need for manual Jacobian derivation. The project covers a

The Android ARCore SDK is a software development kit and augmented reality framework used to create experiences on Android devices. It provides a collection of tools and native libraries for tracking device motion and mapping physical environments to place virtual objects in real space. The framework utilizes an environmental tracking API to detect physical planes and estimate ambient lighting, which blends digital content with the real world. It includes systems for fixing virtual content to specific physical locations to maintain spatial stability as a user moves through an environment. Th

COLMAP is a 3D scene reconstruction suite and C++ geometry library that implements a full structure-from-motion pipeline. It functions as a GPU-accelerated photogrammetry tool and multi-view stereo framework designed to produce dense 3D geometry and watertight meshes from collections of 2D images. The project distinguishes itself through hardware-accelerated feature extraction and a modular camera modeling system that supports perspective, fisheye, and equirectangular lens types. It employs vocabulary tree image retrieval to efficiently identify similar images in large datasets and provides P

Cartographer is a cross-platform robotics library and framework for simultaneous localization and mapping in 2D and 3D spaces. It functions as a real-time mapping engine that constructs environmental maps while tracking a device's position and orientation using continuous sensor data processing. The system implements real-time SLAM to generate precise maps for autonomous navigation. It utilizes a localization system that determines a device's state within a mapped environment across different hardware platforms and sensor configurations. The framework covers spatial estimation through non-li

openMVG is a computer vision geometry library and toolkit for multiple view geometry. It serves as a framework for structure from motion and 3D scene reconstruction, providing the tools necessary to recover 3D point clouds and camera poses from collections of 2D images. The library implements both global and incremental structure-from-motion pipelines. It uses geometric algorithms to calculate camera pose estimation and image localization, employing Levenberg-Marquardt bundle adjustment to refine 3D coordinates and camera parameters by minimizing reprojection error. The project covers a broa

OpenSfM is a computer vision library and structure-from-motion pipeline designed to reconstruct three-dimensional scenes and camera trajectories from overlapping images. It functions as a 3D reconstruction engine and photogrammetry toolkit, utilizing automated feature-based image matching and incremental bundle adjustment to derive spatial geometry. The system distinguishes itself as a geospatial alignment tool, integrating GPS and inertial sensor data to align reconstructed 3D models with real-world geographic coordinates. It employs a hybrid Python and C++ execution model to manage large-sc

LIO-SAM is a lidar inertial SLAM framework and tightly-coupled sensor fusion pipeline. It functions as a factor graph optimization engine that combines lidar scans and inertial measurement unit data to build 3D point cloud maps and estimate robot trajectories. The system integrates global position factors to align local coordinates with real-world data. It employs loop closure detection to identify previously visited locations, creating constraints in the optimization graph to correct accumulated global drift. The framework covers lidar inertial odometry, point cloud processing, and trajecto

OpenMower is an autonomous lawn mower controller and firmware system that uses high-precision RTK GPS to navigate robotic mowers without the need for physical boundary wires. It functions as a GPS-based path planner and hardware management system that converts manual machines into autonomous units. The project includes a remote management application for monitoring and controlling mowers via a web or mobile interface. It integrates an obstacle avoidance system and safety layers that execute emergency stops when the device is lifted or crashes. The system manages robotic hardware through firm

Depth-Anything-3 is a collection of core model implementations for depth prediction, multi-view geometry estimation, and RGB-D spatial pipelines. It includes a monocular depth estimation model for predicting depth maps from single images or video, and a 3D Gaussian splatting generator that predicts parameters to synthesize high-fidelity novel views of a scene. The project provides a multi-view geometry estimator for calculating spatially consistent depth and camera poses across synchronized visual inputs. It also functions as a visual SLAM enhancement tool designed to reduce drift and improve

FAST-LIVO2 is a LiDAR-inertial odometry framework and factor-graph SLAM implementation designed for real-time robot localization and 3D mapping. It functions as a multi-sensor fusion pipeline and state estimator that integrates LiDAR, inertial, and camera inputs to track a robot's position and orientation. The system employs a tightly-coupled sensor fusion approach to maintain stable navigation, particularly in degraded environments. It utilizes a voxel-based 3D mapping tool to organize point clouds into volumetric grids, which optimizes memory usage and search speed during spatial reconstruc

The Intel RealSense SDK is a software development kit providing drivers and libraries for interfacing with depth cameras to capture color, depth, and infrared data streams. It includes a depth camera driver for device discovery and sensor configuration, a stereo vision library for computing depth maps and aligning frames, and a 3D point cloud generator to transform depth and infrared frames into spatial representations. The SDK distinguishes itself through on-chip depth calculation and stereo calibration, using internal vision processors to reduce host CPU load. It supports hardware-level str

MotionPlanning is a software library designed for autonomous navigation, providing a comprehensive suite of tools for path planning, trajectory generation, and vehicle control. It enables the calculation of collision-free routes and dynamic movement paths for autonomous vehicles operating in complex, changing environments. The project distinguishes itself by integrating hierarchical motion decomposition, which separates high-level route planning from low-level trajectory generation to manage computational complexity. It employs kinematic bicycle modeling and trailer dynamics simulation to ens

ACE Framework is an open-source software framework designed for building autonomous artificial intelligence agents that operate entirely on local hardware without relying on cloud services. The system executes complete cognitive loops locally, allowing agents to reason, plan, and execute complex tasks independently. The architecture separates core reasoning, planning, memory, and task execution into discrete functional modules while maintaining long-term agent memory and contextual data locally to preserve continuity across operational sessions. It includes a unified interface layer that dec

Gatling is a load testing framework and traffic generation engine used to measure response times and error rates under heavy load. It functions as an as-code testing library, allowing users to define high-volume traffic simulations and performance tests through programming languages rather than graphical interfaces. The system enables multi-language load simulation and the ability to model concurrent user traffic to identify infrastructure bottlenecks and stability limits. It supports a test-as-code workflow, where version-controlled scripts are integrated into build pipelines as performance

Apache JMeter is a Java-based performance testing tool and multi-protocol traffic simulator used to analyze the stability and scalability of servers and networks. It functions as a distributed load testing framework that coordinates remote worker nodes from a single controller to generate high volumes of concurrent traffic. The project is distinguished by its ability to simulate traffic across diverse backend systems, including HTTP, JDBC, LDAP, JMS, FTP, and TCP. It provides a headless command-line interface for automated execution and a reporting system that transforms raw sample logs into

This project is an open-source 3D game engine designed for building high-fidelity games, simulations, and cinematic environments. It functions as a robotics simulation platform with native integration for ROS 2 to model robot controllers and sensors. The engine features a multi-threaded Forward+ physically based renderer that supports hardware-accelerated ray tracing and global illumination. The system is built on a modular extension architecture using Gems to add or replace features without modifying core binaries. It includes a native SDK for AWS cloud integration, enabling IAM authenticati