Visual SLAM for robot navigation in healthcare facility

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Highlights：

• In response to COVID-19, a novel visual SLAM method is proposed to serve healthcare.

• The proposed method enables healthcare robot navigation in complex environments.

• Evaluation with real-world data demonstrates improved accuracy and robustness.

摘要

•In response to COVID-19, a novel visual SLAM method is proposed to serve healthcare.•The proposed method enables healthcare robot navigation in complex environments.•Evaluation with real-world data demonstrates improved accuracy and robustness.

论文关键词：COVID-19 pandemic,Visual SLAM,Dynamic scenes,Semantic descriptors,Knowledge graph

论文评审过程：Received 12 August 2020, Revised 27 November 2020, Accepted 22 December 2020, Available online 16 January 2021, Version of Record 19 January 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2021.107822