Davide Scaramuzza

 

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PhD Thesis

 

[1]   Scaramuzza, D. (2008). Omnidirectional Vision: from Calibration to Robot Motion Estimation, ETH Zurich Thesis no. 17635. Thesis advisor: Prof. Roland Siegwart. Committee members: Prof. Patrick Rives (INRIA Sophia Antipolis), Prof. Luc Van Gool (ETH Zurich). Chair: Prof. Lino Guzzella (ETH Zurich), Zurich, February 22, 2008.

This thesis was award the Robotdalen Scientific Award, the most prestigious award for PhD theses in the field of robotics and automation (link) [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]

 

 

Journals

 

[2]   Scaramuzza, D., Fraundorfer, F., Pollefeys, M. (2010), Closing the Loop in Appearance-Guided Omnidirectional Visual Odometry by Using Vocabulary Trees, Robotics and Autonomous System Journal (Elsevier), TO APPEAR in 2010.  [PDF] [video]

 

[3]   Scaramuzza, D., Martinelli, A., Siegwart, R. (2009) A Robust Descriptor for Tracking Vertical Lines in Omnidirectional Images and its Use in Mobile Robotics, International Journal on Robotics Research, vol. 28, issue 2, February, 2009. [Web link] [abstract] [PDF] [video] [MATLAB Code]

 

[4]   Scaramuzza, D., Siegwart, R. (2008), Appearance Guided Monocular Omnidirectional Visual Odometry for Outdoor Ground Vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 24, issue 5, October 2008. [Web link] [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex] [video1, video2, video3_with_loop_closing]

 

 

Book Chapters

 

[5]   Scaramuzza, D., Siegwart, R.  (2008), Monocular Omnidirectional Visual Odometry for Outdoor Ground Vehicles, In Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Computer Vision Systems, ISBN: 978-3-540-79546-9, May 2008. [Web link] [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]

 

 

[6]   Ramisa, A., Vasudevan, S., Scaramuzza, D., De Mantaras, R.L., Siegwart, R.  (2008), A Tale of Two Object Recognition Methods for Mobile Robots, In Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Computer Vision Systems, ISBN: 978-3-540-79546-9, May 2008. [Web link] [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]

 

[7]   Scaramuzza, D., Criblez, N., Martinelli, A., Siegwart, R. (2008), Robust Feature Extraction and Matching for Omnidirectional Images, in Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, Field and Service Robotics, ISBN: 978-3-540-75403-9, March, 2008.  [Web link] [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex] [video]

 

 

[8]   Scaramuzza, D., Siegwart, R. (2007), A Practical Toolbox for Calibrating Omnidirectional Cameras. In Vision Systems Applications, ISBN 978-3-902613-01-1, edited by Goro Obinata and Ashish Dutta, publisher I-Tech Education and Publishing, Vienna, Austria, June, 2007.  [ARS] [abstract] [Web link] [PDF] [BibTex]

 

 

 

Peer-reviewed Proceedings

 

[9]   Scaramuzza, D., Fraundorfer, F., Pollefeys, M., and Siegwart, R., Absolute Scale in Structure from Motion from a Single Vehicle Mounted Camera by Exploiting Nonholonomic Constraints, ACCEPTED. To be presented in IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV 2009), Kyoto, October, 2009. [ICCV'09] [PDF] [Video]

 

 

[10] Liu M., Scaramuzza, D., Pradalier, C., Siegwart, R., and Chen, Q., Scene Recognition with Omnidirectional Vision for Topological Map using Lightweight Adaptive Descriptors, Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2009), St Louis, Missouri, USA, October 2009. [IROS’09] [PDF]

 

 

[11] Scaramuzza, D., Fraundorfer, F., and Siegwart, R., Real-Time Monocular Visual Odometry for On-Road Vehicles with 1-Point RANSAC, ACCEPTED. To be presented in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2009), Kobe, Japan, 16 May, 2009. [ICRA'09] [PDF] [Video]

 

 

[12] Scaramuzza, D., Siegwart, R. (2008), Performance Evaluation of a Vertical Line Descriptor for Omnidirectional Images, Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2008), Nice, France, September 2008. [IROS’08] [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]

 

 

[13] Rufli, M., Scaramuzza, D., Siegwart, R. (2008), Automatic Detection of Checkerboards on Blurred and Distorted Images, Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2008), Nice, France, September 2008. [IROS’08] [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]

 

 

[14] Scaramuzza, D., Harati, A., Siegwart, R. (2007), Extrinsic Self Calibration of a Camera and a 3D Laser Range Finder from Natural Scenes, Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2007), San Diego, USA, October 2007. [IROS’07] [Web link] [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex] [video]

 

 

[15] Scaramuzza, D., Criblez, N., Martinelli, A., Siegwart, R. (2007), Robust Feature Extraction and Matching for Omnidirectional Images, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Field and Service Robotics, July, 2007. [FSR’07] [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]

 

 

[16] Scaramuzza, D., Martinelli, A. Siegwart, R. (2006), A Toolbox for Easily Calibrating Omnidirectional Cameras, Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2006), Beijing, China, October 2006. [IROS’06] [Web link] [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]

 

 

[17] Martinelli, A., Scaramuzza, D., Siegwart, R. (2006) Automatic Self-Calibration of a Vision System during Robot Motion. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2006), Orlando, USA, May 2006. [ICRA’06] [Web link] [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]

 

 

[18] Scaramuzza, D., Martinelli, A., Siegwart, R. (2006) A Flexible Technique for Accurate Omnidirectional Camera Calibration and Structure from Motion. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS 2006), New York, USA, January 2006. [ICVS'06] [Web link]  [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]

 

[19] Scaramuzza, D., Martinelli, A., Siegwart, R. (2005) Precise Bearing Angle Measurement Based on Omnidirectional Conic Sensor and Defocusing. Proceedings of European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR 2005), Ancora, Italy, September 2005. [ECMR'05] [Web link]  [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]

 

[20] Scaramuzza, D., Pagnottelli S. Valigi P. (2005) Ball Detection and Predictive Ball Following Based on a Stereoscopic Vision System. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2005), Barcelona, Spain, April 2005. [ICRA'05] [Web link] [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]

 

Workshops

 

[21] Scaramuzza, D. (2009), Omnidirectional Vision: from Calibration to Robot Motion Estimation, (2009). Invited Speaker at the Robotdalen Day, Vasteras, Sweden, September 9, 2009. [Workshop]

 

[22] Scaramuzza, D. (2009), Omnidirectional Vision: from Calibration to Robot Motion Estimation, (2009). Invited Speaker at the Swedish Workshop on Robotics, Vasteras, Sweden, September 8, 2009. [Workshop]

 

[23] Triebel, R., Scaramuzza, D., Rufli, M, Spinello, L., Pomerleau, F., Siegwart, R. (2009), Key Technologies for Intelligent and Safer Cars  from Motion Estimation to Predictive Motion Planning, Workshop on Visual Navigation for Intelligent Vehicles, hosted by the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2009). [Workshop] [PDF]

 

[24] Triebel, R., Scaramuzza, D., Rufli, M, Spinello, L., Pomerleau, F., Siegwart, R. (2009), Key Technologies for Intelligent and Safer Cars  from Motion Estimation to Predictive Motion Planning, Workshop Fahrerassistenzsysteme (German Workshop on car driving assistance systems), 2009. [Workshop] [PDF]

 

[25] Scaramuzza, D. (2009) Invited Speaker at the International Workshop on Visual Mapping and Navigation in Outdoor Environments, hosted at ICRA’09, Kobe, Japan, May 12, 2009. [Workshop]

 

[26] Scaramuzza, D., Siegwart, R. (2008) Correcting Vehicle Heading in Visual Odometry by Using Image Appearance, First International Workshop on Omnidirectional Robot Vision, Venice, November, 2008. [OmniRobotVis08] [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]

 

[27] Scaramuzza, D., Siegwart, R. (2007) A New Method and Toolbox for Easily Calibrating Omnidirectional Cameras. Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Systems, workshop on Camera Calibration Methods for Computer Vision Systems. (ICVS 2007), Bielefeld, Germany, March 2007. [ICVS'07] [Web link] [abstract] [PDF] [BibTex]

 

Technical Reports

 

[28] Scaramuzza, D., Vetterli, M. (2005) Sparse Codes for Natural Images. Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, October 2005. [abstract] [PDF] [PPT] [BibTex]

 

Master Thesis (Tesi di Laurea)

 

[29] Scaramuzza, D. (2004). “Progetto e realizzazione di un sistema di visione stereoscopica per la robotica, con applicazione all’inseguimento di corpi in moto e all’autolocalizzazione” (English translation: Design and realization of a Stereoscopic Vision System for Robotics, with applications to tracking of moving objects and self-localization), Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica e dell’Informazione (DIEI), Università di Perugia, Perugia, Italy, Theis advisor: Prof. Paolo Valigi, July 2004.

This thesis won the Italian best Master thesis award AICA-FEDERCOMIN in 2005. [PDF (Italian)] [BibTex]