PUBLISHER: Frost & Sullivan | PRODUCT CODE: 1415520
PUBLISHER: Frost & Sullivan | PRODUCT CODE: 1415520
Mapping, Surveying, and Location-based Services and Applications are Transforming the Industry
Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) technology in imaging applications is relying on sensor technologies and software algorithms. SLAM allows autonomous systems such as self-driving cars, robots, and drones to simultaneously build a map of their surroundings, navigate, operate effectively, and estimate their position on that map. It leverages inertial measurement units, camera systems, and LiDAR to collect data in the surrounding environments. By analyzing the sensor data, SLAM algorithms create a map of the environment and estimate position and orientation parameters. Algorithms are complex and computationally expensive, but they have advanced significantly in the last few decades.
SLAM is vital technology for a wide range of imaging applications in robots, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and autonomous vehicles, and the market is expanding quickly. Urban planners, construction managers, and surveyors can create 3D maps of large-scale landscapes with ease and with desired accuracy through SLAM.