Pierre–Yves Lajoie
Papers
9
Total Citations
260
H-Index
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About
Pierre-Yves Lajoie is a leading researcher in multi-robot systems, specializing in Collaborative Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (C-SLAM) and decentralized swarm robotics. His most impactful contribution is Swarm-SLAM, an open-source, sparse decentralized C-SLAM framework that enables teams of robots to navigate and map unknown environments—indoors, underground, or underwater—without relying on external positioning systems. This flagship work has garnered over 143 citations and is foundational for applications like search-and-rescue and planetary exploration. Lajoie’s comprehensive survey on C-SLAM (80 citations) has shaped the current research landscape, while his Distributed Online Risk-Aware Explorer (DORA) advances efficient multi-robot exploration. He has also pioneered Byzantine fault detection in swarm SLAM using blockchain and geometric constraints, addressing critical security challenges. His work on real-time tracing for perception systems in ROS 2 provides practical tools for debugging and optimization. With contributions spanning from algorithm design to deployment in planetary analogue environments, Lajoie’s research is driving the future of resilient, decentralized robotic teams.
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- 3Search and rescue with sparsely connected swarms14 citations · 2023
- 4DORA: Distributed Online Risk-Aware Explorer6 citations · 2022
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- 8Frequency-based View Selection in Gaussian Splatting Reconstruction2 citations · 2026
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