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John J. Leonard

John J. Leonard

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
82
Citations
36467
World Ranking
940
National Ranking
513

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
80
Citations
35342
World Ranking
205
National Ranking
101

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award

Best Publications

  • Past, Present, and Future of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping: Toward the Robust-Perception Age

    Cesar Cadena;Luca Carlone;Henry Carrillo;Yasir Latif

  • Mobile robot localization by tracking geometric beacons

    J.J. Leonard;H.F. Durrant-Whyte

  • iSAM2: Incremental smoothing and mapping using the Bayes tree

    Michael Kaess;Hordur Johannsson;Richard Roberts;Viorela Ila

  • Robust distributed network localization with noisy range measurements

    David Moore;John Leonard;Daniela Rus;Seth Teller

  • Directed Sonar Sensing for Mobile Robot Navigation

    John J. Leonard;Hugh F. Durrant-Whyte

  • Simultaneous map building and localization for an autonomous mobile robot

    J.J. Leonard;H.F. Durrant-Whyte

  • Visual Place Recognition: A Survey

    Stephanie Lowry;Niko Sunderhauf;Paul Newman;John J. Leonard

  • Robust Mapping and Localization in Indoor Environments Using Sonar Data

    Juan D. Tardós;José Neira;Paul M. Newman;John J. Leonard

  • Dynamic map building for an autonomous mobile robot

    John J. Leonard;Hugh F. Durrant-Whyte;Ingemar J. Cox

  • Fast iterative alignment of pose graphs with poor initial estimates

    E. Olson;J. Leonard;S. Teller

  • Kintinuous: Spatially Extended KinectFusion

    Thomas Whelan;Michael Kaess;Maurice Fallon;Hordur Johannsson

  • A perception-driven autonomous urban vehicle

    John Leonard;Jonathan How;Seth Teller;Mitch Berger

  • Real-time large-scale dense RGB-D SLAM with volumetric fusion

    Thomas Whelan;Michael Kaess;Hordur Johannsson;Maurice Fallon

  • An Atlas framework for scalable mapping

    M. Bosse;P. Newman;J. Leonard;M. Soika

  • Robust real-time visual odometry for dense RGB-D mapping

    Thomas Whelan;Hordur Johannsson;Michael Kaess;John J. Leonard

  • Adaptive Mobile Robot Navigation and Mapping

    Hans Jacob S. Feder;John J. Leonard;Christopher M. Smith

  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Navigation

    John J. Leonard;Alexander Bahr

  • Simultaneous Localization and Map Building in Large-Scale Cyclic Environments Using the Atlas Framework

    Michael Bosse;Paul M. Newman;John J. Leonard;Seth J. Teller

  • Robust Range-Only Beacon Localization

    E. Olson;J.J. Leonard;S. Teller

  • A Computationally Efficient Method for Large-Scale Concurrent Mapping and Localization

    John J. Leonard;Hans Jacob S. Feder

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