Shaowu Yang

About

Shaowu Yang is a robotics researcher whose work spans autonomous navigation, simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), and coverage path planning — areas that sit at the heart of modern intelligent robotic systems. His research has made meaningful contributions to the field of robot perception, demonstrated early on through his work on camera parameter auto-adjustment using image entropy and omnidirectional vision sensors for soccer robots, both published in 2010 and accumulating over 60 citations combined. Yang's focus on robust environmental mapping deepened with his development of real-time 3D mapping using 2D laser scanners with IMU-aided visual SLAM, and later CORB-SLAM, a collaborative multi-robot visual SLAM system that extended these capabilities to robot teams. More recently, he has pushed into cutting-edge territory with ESVIO, an event-based stereo visual-inertial odometry system harnessing bio-inspired event cameras. His prolific 2023 contributions to multi-robot Dubins coverage path planning, already earning 44 citations, reflect growing relevance to aerial monitoring and search-and-rescue applications. Across more than a decade of research, Yang has consistently bridged theoretical rigor with practical autonomous systems, accumulating over 250 citations and establishing himself as a versatile and impactful voice in mobile robotics.

Research Focus

Key Achievements

Top Papers

1. 1
   Exact and Heuristic Multi-Robot Dubins Coverage Path Planning for Known Environments

   44 citations · 2023
2. 2
   Camera parameters auto-adjusting technique for robust robot vision

   38 citations · 2010
3. 3
   Real-time 3D mapping using a 2D laser scanner and IMU-aided visual SLAM

   31 citations · 2017
4. 4
   A robust omnidirectional vision sensor for soccer robots

   28 citations · 2010
5. 5
   CORB-SLAM: A Collaborative Visual SLAM System for Multiple Robots

   27 citations · 2018
6. 6
   An Efficient Spatial Representation for Path Planning of Ground Robots in 3D Environments

   22 citations · 2018
7. 7
   ESVIO: Event-Based Stereo Visual-Inertial Odometry

   22 citations · 2023
8. 8
   Removing dynamic 3D objects from point clouds of a moving RGB-D camera

   16 citations · 2015
9. 9
   micROS: a morphable, intelligent and collective robot operating system

   11 citations · 2016
10. 10
    SP2E: Online Spiral Coverage with Proactive Prevention Extremum for Unknown Environments

    10 citations · 2023

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