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Overview

Laurent Kneip is affiliated with ShanghaiTech University in China and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of engineering and computer science. Their research contributions span 88 publications in engineering and 81 in computer science, with a strong emphasis on computer vision, pattern recognition, and aerospace engineering.

The main subfields of study addressed in Laurent Kneip's research include:

  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Networks and Communications

Laurent Kneip's work explores topics such as robotics and sensor-based localization, advanced vision and imaging technologies, advanced memory and neural computing systems, the age of information optimization, optical measurement and interference techniques, 3D shape modeling and analysis, as well as 3D surveying and cultural heritage preservation.

Their recent papers reflect a focus on event-based sensing, visual odometry, and pose estimation methods. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Line-Based 6-DoF Object Pose Estimation and Tracking With an Event Camera," 2024, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
  • "VECtor: A Versatile Event-Centric Benchmark for Multi-Sensor SLAM," 2022, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • "DEVO: Depth-Event Camera Visual Odometry in Challenging Conditions," 2022, 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
  • "Globally-Optimal Contrast Maximisation for Event Cameras," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
  • "An Algebraic-Geometric Approach for Linear Regression without Correspondences," 2020, CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Genoa)

Laurent Kneip frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Xin Peng
  • Ling Gao
  • Wanting Xu
  • Jiaqi Yang
  • Sören Schwertfeger

The venues publishing Laurent Kneip's work demonstrate a consistent presence in robotics and automation forums as well as conference proceedings, such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
  • Sensors
  • 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Best Publications

  • A novel parametrization of the perspective-three-point problem for a direct computation of absolute camera position and orientation

    Laurent Kneip;Davide Scaramuzza;Roland Siegwart

  • Vision-Controlled Micro Flying Robots: From System Design to Autonomous Navigation and Mapping in GPS-Denied Environments

    Davide Scaramuzza;Michael C Achtelik;Lefteris Doitsidis;Friedrich Fraundorfer

  • Monocular Vision for Long-term Micro Aerial Vehicle State Estimation: A Compendium

    Stephan Weiss;Markus W. Achtelik;Simon Lynen;Michael C. Achtelik

  • UPnP: An optimal O(n) solution to the absolute pose problem with universal applicability

    Laurent Kneip;Hongdong Li;Yongduek Seo

  • Collaborative monocular SLAM with multiple Micro Aerial Vehicles

    Christian Forster;Simon Lynen;Laurent Kneip;Davide Scaramuzza

  • Learning Image Matching by Simply Watching Video

    Gucan Long;Gucan Long;Laurent Kneip;Jose M. Alvarez;Jose M. Alvarez;Hongdong Li

  • Robust Real-Time Visual Odometry with a Single Camera and an IMU

    Laurent Kneip;Margarita Chli;Roland Yves Siegwart

  • OpenGV: A unified and generalized approach to real-time calibrated geometric vision

    Laurent Kneip;Paul Timothy Furgale

  • Characterization of the compact Hokuyo URG-04LX 2D laser range scanner

    Laurent Kneip;Fabien Tache;Gilles Caprari;Roland Siegwart

  • Rolling Shutter Camera Calibration

    Luc Oth;Paul Furgale;Laurent Kneip;Roland Siegwart

  • Finding the exact rotation between two images independently of the translation

    Laurent Kneip;Roland Siegwart;Marc Pollefeys

  • Semi-Dense 3D Reconstruction with a Stereo Event Camera

    Yi Zhou;Guillermo Gallego;Henri Rebecq;Laurent Kneip

  • Canny-VO: Visual Odometry With RGB-D Cameras Based on Geometric 3-D–2-D Edge Alignment

    Yi Zhou;Hongdong Li;Laurent Kneip

  • Using multi-camera systems in robotics: Efficient solutions to the NPnP problem

    Laurent Kneip;Paul Furgale;Roland Siegwart

  • Direct Optimization of Frame-to-Frame Rotation

    Laurent Kneip;Simon Lynen

  • Intuitive 3D Maps for MAV Terrain Exploration and Obstacle Avoidance

    Stephan Weiss;Markus Achtelik;Laurent Kneip;Davide Scaramuzza

  • Efficient Computation of Relative Pose for Multi-camera Systems

    Laurent Kneip;Hongdong Li

  • Rolling Shutter Camera Relative Pose: Generalized Epipolar Geometry

    Yuchao Dai;Hongdong Li;Laurent Kneip

  • Real-time 6D stereo Visual Odometry with non-overlapping fields of view

    Tim Kazik;Laurent Kneip;Janosch Nikolic;Marc Pollefeys

  • Visual-inertial SLAM for a small helicopter in large outdoor environments

    Markus W. Achtelik;Simon Lynen;Stephan Weiss;Laurent Kneip

  • Globally-Optimal Inlier Set Maximisation for Simultaneous Camera Pose and Feature Correspondence

    Dylan Campbell;Lars Petersson;Laurent Kneip;Hongdong Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Hongdong Li
Hongdong Li Australian National University
Davide Scaramuzza
Davide Scaramuzza University of Zurich
Lars Petersson
Lars Petersson Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Marc Pollefeys
Marc Pollefeys ETH Zurich
Friedrich Fraundorfer
Friedrich Fraundorfer Graz University of Technology
Yuanming Shi
Yuanming Shi ShanghaiTech University
Gim Hee Lee
Gim Hee Lee National University of Singapore
Elias B. Kosmatopoulos
Elias B. Kosmatopoulos Democritus University of Thrace
Paul Furgale
Paul Furgale ETH Zurich

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