Markerless Robot Detection and 6D Pose Estimation for Multi-Agent SLAM

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Main Authors: Rueggeberg, Markus, Ulmer, Maximilian, Durner, Maximilian, Boerdijk, Wout, Mueller, Marcus Gerhard, Triebel, Rudolph, Giubilato, Riccardo
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Published: 2026
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author Rueggeberg, Markus
Ulmer, Maximilian
Durner, Maximilian
Boerdijk, Wout
Mueller, Marcus Gerhard
Triebel, Rudolph
Giubilato, Riccardo
author_facet Rueggeberg, Markus
Ulmer, Maximilian
Durner, Maximilian
Boerdijk, Wout
Mueller, Marcus Gerhard
Triebel, Rudolph
Giubilato, Riccardo
contents The capability of multi-robot SLAM approaches to merge localization history and maps from different observers is often challenged by the difficulty in establishing data association. Loop closure detection between perceptual inputs of different robotic agents is easily compromised in the context of perceptual aliasing, or when perspectives differ significantly. For this reason, direct mutual observation among robots is a powerful way to connect partial SLAM graphs, but often relies on the presence of calibrated arrays of fiducial markers (e.g., AprilTag arrays), which severely limits the range of observations and frequently fails under sharp lighting conditions, e.g., reflections or overexposure. In this work, we propose a novel solution to this problem leveraging recent advances in Deep-Learning-based 6D pose estimation. We feature markerless pose estimation as part of a decentralized multi-robot SLAM system and demonstrate the benefit to the relative localization accuracy among the robotic team. The solution is validated experimentally on data recorded in a test field campaign on a planetary analogous environment.
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spellingShingle Markerless Robot Detection and 6D Pose Estimation for Multi-Agent SLAM
Rueggeberg, Markus
Ulmer, Maximilian
Durner, Maximilian
Boerdijk, Wout
Mueller, Marcus Gerhard
Triebel, Rudolph
Giubilato, Riccardo
Robotics
The capability of multi-robot SLAM approaches to merge localization history and maps from different observers is often challenged by the difficulty in establishing data association. Loop closure detection between perceptual inputs of different robotic agents is easily compromised in the context of perceptual aliasing, or when perspectives differ significantly. For this reason, direct mutual observation among robots is a powerful way to connect partial SLAM graphs, but often relies on the presence of calibrated arrays of fiducial markers (e.g., AprilTag arrays), which severely limits the range of observations and frequently fails under sharp lighting conditions, e.g., reflections or overexposure. In this work, we propose a novel solution to this problem leveraging recent advances in Deep-Learning-based 6D pose estimation. We feature markerless pose estimation as part of a decentralized multi-robot SLAM system and demonstrate the benefit to the relative localization accuracy among the robotic team. The solution is validated experimentally on data recorded in a test field campaign on a planetary analogous environment.
title Markerless Robot Detection and 6D Pose Estimation for Multi-Agent SLAM
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.16308