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Project RTS
In the context of robotics, accurate ground-truth positioning is the cornerstone for the development of mapping and localization algorithms. In outdoor envir...
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Norlab robots
The list of our robots is growing, see for yourself! We like them rugged bacause they often go outdoors, collecting datasets, capturing lidar maps and drivin...
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Norlab in media!
We are happy that Norlab is being noticed in media. See what they have written about us.
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Project SNOW
Self-driving cars are expected on our roads soon. In the project SNOW (Self-driving Navigation Optimized for Winter), we focus on the unexplored problem of a...
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DARPA - SUBTERRANEAN CHALLENGE
DARPA - Subterranean Challenge (DARPA-SubT) is an international robotics competition focusing on autonomy, perception, networking, mobility technologies, and...
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The Montmorency dataset
This large scale forest mapping dataset in now available for download on Academic Torrents. The dataset contains the ground truth species, diameter at breast...
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Project Scutigera
Exploration of large caves is challenging using traditional mapping tools. There are limited places to install a tripod equipped with a highly accurate lidar...
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Project PeGRoGAM
Open position for a Ph.D. student!
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Libpointmatcher
Libpointmatcher is a library that implements the Iterative Closest Point (ICP) algorithm for alignment of point clouds. It supports both point-to-point and ...
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Limnobotics
The goal of this multi-disciplinary project is to provide unprecedented spatial and temporal coverage of key limnological parameters of Lake Zurich for a bet...
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TReX
Tethered mobile robots are ideal for mapping extreme environments because an attached electromechanical tether provides support on steep terrain, continuous ...
Tips & Tricks
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Lie theory cheatsheet
Lie theory in robotics
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How to publish your preprints on Arxiv
Before submitting a preprint to arXiv, make sure the publisher permits preprints. In general, they require that:
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How to synchronize an Overleaf Project with a GitHub repository
Writing papers with a large number of co-authors can be complicated endeavour. This why Overleaf is an interesting choice, as it allows for multiple people t...
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Information for New Students
Welcome to the laboratory! It will take a couple of weeks to get you up and running in the lab, so why not use that time to explore different sources of info...
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How to set a static transform with our interactive RVIZ tool
Sometimes, there is a need to quickly set up a static transform in ROS. To avoid manually searching for translation and rotation parameters, we have written ...
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Information for Prospective Students
Here are some information for prospective students who want to apply to a position at Norlab. Read those information carefully before communicating with us.
How to comment a ROS launch file
I am always forgetting how to have a nested comments in a ROS launch file, so I’m putting this information here in the hope to reduce my time searching on Go...
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How to Add Bibliography to a Post
This is a small tutorial on how to use the plugin jekyll-shcolar on this website.
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Introduction to LaTeX with MathJax
Here are some basics to get you started with $\LaTeX$ equations in this Jekyll installation. This post assumes that you already know how to write an equation...
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How to change this website
This is a quick tutorial on how to modify and deploy this website.