Online Appearance-Based Place Recognition and Mapping

“This excellent book changes the game for autonomous robot navigation. … The cherry on top is the book’s vibrant and captivating full-color presentation. … it deftly appraises the latest state-of-the-art innovations and advancements in place recognition and mapping, cementing its position as an indispensable reference for the robot navigation industry.” (Athanasios D. Styliadis, Computing Reviews, October 11, 2023)

• The revisiting problem in simultaneous localization and mapping.- Benchmarking.- Probabilistic appearance-based place recognition through hierarchical mapping.- Dynamic places’ definition for sequence-based visual place recognition.- Modest-vocabulary loop-closure detection with incremental bag of Tracked words.- Open challenges and conclusion.