awesome-point-cloud-place-recognition

For anyone who wants to do research about 3D point cloud based place recognition / loop closure detection. Thanks.

- Recent papers (from 2009)

Keywords

out.: outdoor | ind.: indoor
pc.: point cloud | img.: image | rad.: radar
pos.: pose

Statistics: 🔥 code is available & stars >= 100 | ⭐ citation >= 50

2009

[ICRA] Appearance-Based Loop Detection from 3D Laser Data Using the Normal Distributions Transform. [out. pc.] ⭐
[JFR] Automatic appearance-based loop detection from three-dimensional laser data using the normal distributions transform. [out. pc.] ⭐

2010

[ICRA] Robust place recognition for 3D range data based on point features. [out. pc. pos.] ⭐

2011

[SSRR] Loop closure detection using small-sized signatures from 3D LIDAR data. [out. pc.]

2012

[UST] Real-time lidar-based place recognition using distinctive shape descriptors. [out. pc. img. pos.]
[TIM] 3-D-Laser-Based Scene Measurement and Place Recognition for Mobile Robots in Dynamic Indoor Environments. [ind. pc.] ⭐

2013

[ICRA] Place recognition using keypoint voting in large 3D lidar datasets. [out. pc.] ⭐

2015

[IROS] A Fast Histogram-Based Similarity Measure for Detecting Loop Closures in 3-D LIDAR Data. [code] [out. pc.]

2016

[IROS] M2DP: A novel 3D point cloud descriptor and its application in loop closure detection. [matlab] [python] [out. pc.] ⭐

2017

[ICRA] SegMatch: Segment based place recognition in 3D point clouds. [code] [out. pc. pos.] ⭐

2018

[IROS] Scan Context: Egocentric Spatial Descriptor for Place Recognition Within 3D Point Cloud Map. [code] [out. pc. pos.] 🔥 ⭐
[IROS] Stabilize an Unsupervised Feature Learning for LiDAR-based Place Recognition. [out. pc. ]
[IROS] Seeing the Wood for the Trees: Reliable Localization in Urban and Natural Environments. [out. pc. pos.]
[ICRA] DELIGHT: An Efficient Descriptor for Global Localisation using LiDAR Intensities. [out. pc. ]
[IV] LocNet: Global Localization in 3D Point Clouds for Mobile Vehicles. [model] [code] [out. pc. pos.]
[RSS] SegMap: 3D Segment Mapping using Data-Driven Descriptors. [code] [out. pc.] 🔥 ⭐
[RA-L] Incremental Segment-Based Localization in 3D Point Clouds. [code] [out. pc.] 🔥
[CVPR] PointNetVLAD: Deep Point Cloud Based Retrieval for Large-Scale Place Recognition. [code] [out. pc.] 🔥 ⭐
[Sensors] Have I Seen This Place Before? A Fast and Robust Loop Detection and Correction Method for 3D Lidar SLAM. [code] [out. pc.]
[Sensors] Robust Place Recognition and Loop Closing in Laser-Based SLAM for UGVs in Urban Environments. [out. pc.]

2019

[RA-L] 1-Day Learning, 1-Year Localization: Long-Term LiDAR Localization Using Scan Context Image. [code] [out. pc. pos.] 🔥
[RA-L] Local Descriptor for Robust Place Recognition Using LiDAR Intensity. [out. pc.]
[RA-L] Learning to See the Wood for the Trees: Deep Laser Localization in Urban and Natural Environments on a CPU. [out. pc. pos.]
[IROS] OREOS: Oriented Recognition of 3D Point Clouds in Outdoor Scenarios. [out. pc. pos.]
[IROS] Semantically Assisted Loop Closure in SLAM Using NDT Histograms. [out. pc.]
[IROS] SeqLPD: Sequence Matching Enhanced Loop-Closure Detection Based on Large-Scale Point Cloud Description for Self-Driving Vehicles. [out. pc.]
[CVPR] PCAN: 3D Attention Map Learning Using Contextual Information for Point. [code] [out. pc.] ⭐
[ICCV] LPD-Net: 3D Point Cloud Learning for Large-Scale Place Recognition and Environment Analysis. [code] [out. pc.] ⭐
[TIE] Season-Invariant and Viewpoint-Tolerant LiDAR Place Recognition in GPS-Denied Environments. [out. pc.]
[arXiv] A fast, complete, point cloud based loop closure for LiDAR odometry and mapping. [code] [out. pc.] 🔥

2020

[RSS] OverlapNet - Loop Closing for 3D LiDAR-based SLAM. [code] [out. pc. pos.] 🔥 ⭐
[ICRA] Intensity Scan Context: Coding Intensity and Geometry Relations for Loop Closure Detection. [code] [out. pc. pos.] 🔥
[IROS] Semantic Graph Based Place Recognition for 3D Point Clouds. [code] [out. pc.] 🔥
[IROS] LiDAR Iris for Loop-Closure Detection. [code] [out. pc. pos.]
[IROS] Seed: A Segmentation-Based Egocentric 3D Point Cloud Descriptor for Loop Closure Detection. [out. pc.]
[IROS] GOSMatch: Graph-of-Semantics Matching for Detecting Loop Closures in 3D LiDAR data. [code] [out. pc.]
[IROS] Gaussian Process Gradient Maps for Loop-Closure Detection in Unstructured Planetary Environments. [out. pc.]
[IROS] SpoxelNet: Spherical Voxel-based Deep Place Recognition for 3D Point Clouds of Crowded Indoor Spaces. [ind. pc.]
[IROS] Voxel-Based Representation Learning for Place Recognition Based on 3D Point Clouds. [out. pc.]
[IROS] SeqSphereVLAD: Sequence Matching Enhanced Orientation-invariant Place Recognition. [out. pc.]
[ECCV] DH3D: Deep Hierarchical 3D Descriptors for Robust Large-Scale 6DoF Relocalization. [code] [out. pc. pos.] 🔥
[RAS] Global matching of point clouds for scan registration and loop detection. [out. pc.]
[AR] Loop detection for 3D LiDAR SLAM using segment-group matching. [out. pc.]
[TIE] Fast Sequence-matching Enhanced Viewpoint-invariant 3D Place Recognition. [out. pc.]
[Sensors] Large-Scale Place Recognition Based on Camera-LiDAR Fused Descriptor. [out. pc. img.]
[Sensors] A Novel Loop Closure Detection Approach Using Simplified Structure for Low-Cost LiDAR. [ind. pc.]
[ICARCV] Comparison of camera-based and 3D LiDAR-based place recognition across weather conditions. [out. pc. img.]
[ICMR] DAGC: Employing Dual Attention and Graph Convolution for Point Cloud based Place Recognition. [out. pc.]
[CGF] SRNet: A 3D Scene Recognition Network using Static Graph and Dense Semantic Fusion. [out. pc.]
[IJRR] SegMap: Segment-based mapping and localization using data-driven descriptors. [code] [out. pc.] 🔥 ⭐
[arXiv] PIC-Net: Point Cloud and Image Collaboration Network for Large-Scale Place Recognition. [out. pc. img.]

2021

[ICRA] Locus: LiDAR-based Place Recognition using Spatiotemporal Higher-Order Pooling. [code] [out. pc.]
[ICRA] NDT-Transformer: Large-Scale 3D Point Cloud Localisation using the Normal Distribution Transform Representation. [code] [out. pc.]
[ICRA] Robust Place Recognition using an Imaging Lidar. [code] [out. pc.] 🔥
[RA-L] DiSCO: Differentiable Scan Context With Orientation. [code] [out. pc. pos.]
[RA-L] LiPMatch: LiDAR Point Cloud Plane based Loop-Closure. [code] [out. pc.]
[RA-L] FusionVLAD: A Multi-View Deep Fusion Networks for Viewpoint-Free 3D Place Recognition. [out. pc.]
[RA-L] BVMatch: Lidar-Based Place Recognition Using Bird's-Eye View Images. [code] [out. pc. pos.]
[IROS] SSC: Semantic Scan Context for Large-Scale Place Recognition. [code] [out. pc. pos.] 🔥
[IROS] A Registration-aided Domain Adaptation Network for 3D Point Cloud Based Place Recognition. [code] [out. pc.]
[IROS] On the descriptive power of LiDAR intensity images for segment-based loop closing in 3-D SLAM. [code] [out. pc. pos.]
[IROS] CORAL: Colored structural representation for bi-modal place recognition. [code] [out. pc. img.]
[IROS] Visual Place Recognition using LiDAR Intensity Information. [out. pc.]
[IROS] SemSegMap - 3D Segment-Based Semantic Localization. [code] [out. img. pc. pos.] 🔥
[IROS] Evaluation of Long-term LiDAR Place Recognition. [out. pc.]
[RSS] Get to the Point: Learning Lidar Place Recognition and Metric Localisation Using Overhead Imagery. [out. pc. img. pos.]
[CVPR] SOE-Net: A Self-Attention and Orientation Encoding Network for Point Cloud based Place Recognition. [code] [out. pc.]
[ICCV] Pyramid Point Cloud Transformer for Large-Scale Place Recognition. [code] [out. pc.]
[WACV] MinkLoc3D: Point Cloud Based Large-Scale Place Recognition. [code] [out. pc.]
[IJCNN] MinkLoc++: Lidar and Monocular Image Fusion for Place Recognition. [code] [out. pc. img.]
[ICCCR] Weighted Scan Context: Global Descriptor with Sparse Height Feature for Loop Closure Detection. [out. pc. pos.]
[Frontiers] Radar-to-Lidar: Heterogeneous Place Recognition via Joint Learning. [code] [out. pc. rad.]
[PR] A two-level framework for place recognition with 3D LiDAR based on spatial relation graph. [out. pc.]
[AIM] Have I been here before? Learning to Close the Loop with LiDAR Data in Graph-Based SLAM. [code] [out. pc.]
[AIM] Global Place Recognition using An Improved Scan Context for LIDAR-based Localization System. [out. pc.]
[IJAG] FastLCD: A fast and compact loop closure detection approach using 3D point cloud for indoor mobile mapping. [ind. pc.]
[T-RO] Scan Context++: Structural Place Recognition Robust to Rotation and Lateral Variations in Urban Environments. [code] [out. pc. pos.] 🔥
[RCAR] Semantic Scan Context: Global Semantic Descriptor for LiDAR-based Place Recognition. [out. pc.]
[TITS] PSE-Match: A Viewpoint-Free Place Recognition Method With Parallel Semantic Embedding. [out. pc.]
[arXiv] Efficient 3D Point Cloud Feature Learning for Large-Scale Place Recognition. [code] [out. pc.]
[arXiv] LCDNet: Deep Loop Closure Detection for LiDAR SLAM based on Unbalanced Optimal Transport. [code] [out. pc. pos.]
[arXiv] SVT-Net: Super Light-Weight Sparse Voxel Transformer for Large Scale Place Recognition. [out. pc.]
[arXiv] AttDLNet: Attention-based DL Network for 3D LiDAR Place Recognition. [code] [out. pc.]
[arXiv] TransLoc3D : Point Cloud based Large-scale Place Recognition using Adaptive Receptive Fields. [code] [out. pc.]
[arXiv] Attentive Rotation Invariant Convolution for Point Cloud-based Large Scale Place Recognition. [out. pc.]
[arXiv] Loop closure detection using local 3D deep descriptors. [out. ind. pc. pos.]
[arXiv] DSC: Deep Scan Context Descriptor for Large-Scale Place Recognition. [out. pc.]

2022

[ICRA] HiTPR: Hierarchical Transformer for Place Recognition in Point Cloud. [code] [out. pc.]
[ICRA] LoGG3D-Net: Locally Guided Global Descriptor Learning for 3D Place Recognition. [code] [out. pc.]
[ICRA] Retriever: Point Cloud Retrieval in Compressed 3D Maps. [code] [out. pc.]
[ICRA] AutoPlace: Robust Place Recognition with Low-cost Single-chip Automotive Radar. [code] [out. pc. rad.]
[RA-L] MinkLoc3D-SI: 3D LiDAR Place Recognition With Sparse Convolutions, Spherical Coordinates, and Intensity. [code] [out. pc.]
[RA-L] RINet: Efficient 3D Lidar-Based Place Recognition Using Rotation Invariant Neural Network. [code] [out. pc.]
[RA-L] OverlapTransformer: An Efficient and Rotation-Invariant Transformer Network for LiDAR-Based Place Recognition. [code] [out. pc.]
[PRL] SC-LPR: Spatiotemporal context based LiDAR place recognition. [code] [out. pc.]
[IJPRS] A LiDAR-based single-shot global localization solution using a cross-section shape context descriptor. [code] [out. pc.]
[ICPR] Improving Point Cloud Based Place Recognition with Ranking-based Loss and Large Batch Training . [code] [out. pc.]
[arXiv] InCloud: Incremental Learning for Point Cloud Place Recognition. [out. pc.]
[arXiv] Object Scan Context: Object-centric Spatial Descriptor for Place Recognition within 3D Point Cloud Map. [out. pc. pos.]