awesome-Implicit-NeRF-SLAM

This repo contains a curative list of Implicit Representations and NeRF papers relating to SLAM/Robotics domain, inspired by Awesome-Implicit-NeRF-Robotics

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For an overview of NeRFs, checkout the Survey (Neural Volume Rendering: NeRF And Beyond and NeRF: Neural Radiance Field in 3D Vision, A Comprehensive Review), Blog post (NeRF Explosion 2020) and Collection (awesome-NeRF)

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Overview

• NeRF General Model

• SLAM

  • Visual-SLAM
  • Lidar-SLAM
  • Multimodal-SLAM

• Robotics

  • Manipulation/RL

  • Planning/Navigation

  • Localization

• Citation

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NeRF General Model

• NeRF: Representing Scenes as Neural Radiance Fields for View Synthesis, ECCV, 2020. [Paper] [Tensorflow Code] [Webpage] [Video]

• ShAPO: Implicit Representations for Multi Object Shape Appearance and Pose Optimization, ECCV, 2022. [Paper] [Pytorch Code] [Webpage] [Video]
• NCF: Neural Correspondence Field for Object Pose Estimation, ECCV, 2022. [Paper] [Pytorch Code] [Webpage]
• Neural-Sim: Learning to Generate Training Data with NeRF, ECCV 2022. [Paper] [Pytorch Code] [Webpage]
• SNAKE: SNAKE: Shape-aware Neural 3D Keypoint Field, NeurIPS, 2022. [Paper] [Pytorch Code]
• NeRF-RPN: A general framework for object detection in NeRFs, arXiv, 2022. [Paper] [Video]
• nerf2nerf: Pairwise Registration of Neural Radiance Fields, ICRA, 2023. [Paper] [Pytorch Code] [Webpage] [Dataset]
• iNeRF: Inverting Neural Radiance Fields for Pose Estimation, IROS, 2021. [Paper] [Pytorch Code] [Website] [Dataset]
• Point-NeRF: Point-based Neural Radiance Fields, CVPR, 2022. [Paper] [Pytorch Code] [Website]
• Zip-NeRF: Anti-Aliased Grid-Based Neural Radiance Fields, ICCV, 2023. [Paper] [Website] [Video]
• Mip-NeRF 360: Unbounded Anti-Aliased Neural Radiance Fields, CVPR, 2022. [Paper] [JAX Code] [Website] [Dataset] [Video]
• F2-NeRF: Fast Neural Radiance Field Training with Free Camera Trajectories, CVPR, 2023. [Paper] [Pytorch Code] [Website] [Dataset]
• 3D Gaussian Splatting for Real-Time Radiance Field Rendering, SIGGRAPH, 2023. [Paper] [Website]

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SLAM

Survey Paper

• How NeRFs and 3D Gaussian Splatting are Reshaping SLAM: a Survey, arXiv, 2024.[Paper]
• SLAM Meets NeRF: A Survey of Implicit SLAM Methods, World Electric Vehicle Journal, 2024. [Paper]

Benchmarks

• Customizable Perturbation Synthesis for Robust SLAM Benchmarking, arXiv, 2024.[Paper]
• Benchmarking Implicit Neural Representation and Geometric Rendering in Real-Time RGB-D SLAM, CVPR, 2024. [Paper] [Code] [Website]

Visual-SLAM

• NeuralRecon: Real-Time Coherent 3D Reconstruction from Monocular Video, CVPR, 2021.[Paper] [Pytorch Code] [Website]

• Di-fusion: Online implicit 3d reconstruction with deep priors, CVPR, 2021.[Paper] [Pytorch Code]

• iSDF: Real-Time Neural Signed Distance Fields for Robot Perception, RSS, 2022. [Paper] [Pytorch Code] [Website]
• LENS: LENS: Localization enhanced by NeRF synthesis, CoRL, 2021. [Paper] [Video]
• NICE-SLAM: Neural Implicit Scalable Encoding for SLAM, CVPR, 2021. [Paper] [Pytorch Code] [Website]
• iMAP: Implicit Mapping and Positioning in Real-Time, ICCV, 2021. [Paper] [Website] [Video]
• BNV-Fusion: BNV-Fusion: Dense 3D Reconstruction using Bi-level Neural Volume Fusion, CVPR, 2022. [Paper] [Pytorch Code]
• NeRF-SLAM: Real-Time Dense Monocular SLAM with Neural Radiance Fields, IROS, 2023. [Paper] [Pytorch Code] [Video]
• Nerfels: Renderable Neural Codes for Improved Camera Pose Estimation, CVPR 2022 Workshop. [Paper]
• SDF-based RGB-D Camera Tracking in Neural Scene Representations, ICRA Workshop, 2022. [Paper]
• Orbeez-SLAM: A Real-time Monocular Visual SLAM with ORB Features and NeRF-realized Mapping, ICRA, 2023. [Paper] [Video] [Code]
• ESLAM: Efficient Dense SLAM System Based on Hybrid Representation of Signed Distance Fields, CVPR, 2023. [Paper]
• Vox-Fusion: Dense Tracking and Mapping with Voxel-based Neural Implicit Representation, ISMAR, 2022. [Paper] [Website] [Pytorch Code] [Video]
• Visual-Inertial Odometry Priors for Bundle-Adjusting Neural Radiance Fields, ICCAS, 2022. [Paper]
• Feature-Realistic Neural Fusion for Real-Time, Open Set Scene Understanding, ICRA, 2022. [Paper] [Website] [Video]
• Towards Open World NeRF-Based SLAM, CRV, 2023. [Paper]
• Dense RGB SLAM with Neural Implicit Maps, ICLR, 2023. [Paper] [Website] [Code] [Video]
• vMAP: Vectorised Object Mapping for Neural Field SLAM, CVPR, 2023. [Paper] [Website] [Pytorch Code] [Video]
• NICER-SLAM: Neural Implicit Scene Encoding for RGB SLAM, 3DV 2024. [Paper] [Video]
• Implicit Map Augmentation for Relocalization, ECCV Workshop, 2022. [Paper]
• Uni-Fusion: Universal Continuous Mapping, TRO, 2023.[Paper] [Code] [Website]
• NEWTON: Neural View-Centric Mapping for On-the-Fly Large-Scale SLAM, RAL, 2024. [Paper]
• Point-SLAM: Dense Neural Point Cloud-based SLAM, ICCV, 2023. [Paper] [Code]
• RO-MAP: Real-Time Multi-Object Mapping with Neural Radiance Fields, RAL, 2023. [Paper] [Code] [Video]
• Co-SLAM: Joint Coordinate and Sparse Parametric Encodings for Neural Real-Time SLAM, CVPR, 2023. [Paper] [Website]
• Neural Implicit Dense Semantic SLAM, arXiv, 2023. [Paper]
• FMapping: Factorized Efficient Neural Field Mapping for Real-Time Dense RGB SLAM, arXiv, 2023. [Paper] [Website] [Code]
• UncLe-SLAM: Uncertainty Learning for Dense Neural SLAM, arXiv, 2023. [Paper]
• iMODE:Real-Time Incremental Monocular Dense Mapping Using Neural Field, ICRA, 2023. [Paper]
• NISB-Map: Scalable Mapping With Neural Implicit Spatial Block, RAL, 2023. [Paper]
• RGB-D Mapping and Tracking in a Plenoxel Radiance Field, WACV, 2024. [Paper]
• Efficient Map Fusion for Multiple Implicit SLAM Agents, TIV, 2023. [Paper]
• MIPS-Fusion: Multi-Implicit-Submaps for Scalable and Robust Online Neural RGB-D Reconstruction, TOG, 2023. [Paper]
• GO-SLAM: Global Optimization for Consistent 3D Instant Reconstruction, ICCV, 2023. [Paper] [Website] [Code]
• End-to-End RGB-D SLAM with Multi-MLPs Dense Neural Implicit Representations, RAL, 2023. [Paper]
• DynaMoN: Motion-Aware Fast And Robust Camera Localization for Dynamic NeRF, arXiv, 2023. [Paper]
• HI-SLAM: Monocular Real-time Dense Mapping with Hybrid Implicit Fields, RAL, 2023. [Paper]
• CP-SLAM: Collaborative Neural Point-based SLAM, NeurIPS, 2023. [Paper]
• Learning Neural Implicit through Volume Rendering with Attentive Depth Fusion Priors, NeurIPS, 2023. [Paper] [Code] [Website]
• NGEL-SLAM: Neural Implicit Representation-based Global Consistent Low-Latency SLAM System, ICRA, 2024. [Paper] [Code]
• SNI-SLAM: Semantic Neural Implicit SLAM, CVPR, 2024. [Paper]
• Implicit Event-RGBD Neural SLAM, CVPR, 2024. [Paper]
• DNS SLAM: Dense Neural Semantic-Informed SLAM, arXiv, 2023. [Paper]
• PLGSLAM: Progressive Neural Scene Represenation with Local to Global Bundle Adjustment, CVPR, 2024. [Paper]
• NeRF-VO: Real-Time Sparse Visual Odometry with Neural Radiance Fields, arXiv, 2023. [Paper]
• Ternary-type Opacity and Hybrid Odometry for RGB-only NeRF-SLAM, arXiv, 2023. [Paper]
• DN-SLAM: A Visual SLAM with ORB Features and NeRF Mapping in Dynamic Environments, Sensors, 2023. [Paper]
• NID-SLAM: Neural Implicit Representation-based RGB-D SLAM in dynamic environments, arXiv, 2024. [Paper]
• DDN-SLAM: Real-time Dense Dynamic Neural Implicit SLAM with Joint Semantic Encoding, arXiv, 2024. [Paper]
• Hi-Map: Hierarchical Factorized Radiance Field for High-Fidelity Monocular Dense Mapping, arXiv, 2024. [Paper] [Website] [Code]
• NeuV-SLAM: Fast Neural Multiresolution Voxel Optimization for RGBD Dense SLAM, arXiv, 2024. [Paper] [Code]
• Structerf-SLAM: Neural implicit representation SLAM for structural environments, Computers & Graphics, 2024. [Paper]
• Loopy-SLAM: Dense Neural SLAM with Loop Closures, CVPR, 2024. [Paper]
• Q-SLAM: Quadric Representations for Monocular SLAM, arXiv, 2024. [Paper]
• DVN-SLAM: Dynamic Visual Neural SLAM Based on Local-Global Encoding, arXiv, 2024. [Paper]
• H3-Mapping: Quasi-Heterogeneous Feature Grids for Real-time Dense Mapping Using Hierarchical Hybrid Representation, arXiv, 2024. [Paper]
• Vox-Fusion++: Voxel-based Neural Implicit Dense Tracking and Mapping with Multi-maps, arXiv, 2024. [Paper] [Code]
• MUTE-SLAM: Real-Time Neural SLAM with Multiple Tri-Plane Hash Representations, arXiv, 2024. [Paper]
• GlORIE-SLAM: Globally Optimized RGB-only Implicit Encoding Point Cloud SLAM, arXiv, 2024. [Paper]

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Lidar-SLAM

• SHINE-Mapping: Large-Scale 3D Mapping Using Sparse Hierarchical Implicit Neural Representations, arXiv, 2022. [Paper] [Code]
• IRMCL: Implicit Representation-based Online Global Localization, arXiv, 2022. [Paper] [Code]
• Efficient Implicit Neural Reconstruction Using LiDAR, ICRA, 2023. [Paper] [Website] [Pytorch Code] [Video]
• NeRF-LOAM: Neural Implicit Representation for Large-Scale Incremental LiDAR Odometry and Mapping, ICCV, 2023. [Paper] [Code]
• NF-Atlas: Multi-Volume Neural Feature Fields for Large Scale LiDAR Mapping, arXiv, 2023. [Paper]
• Accurate Implicit Neural Mapping with More Compact Representation in Large-scale Scenes Using Ranging Data, RAL, 2023. [Paper]
• LONER: LiDAR Only Neural Representations for Real-Time SLAM, RAL, 2023. [Paper]
• PIN-SLAM: LiDAR SLAM Using a Point-Based Implicit Neural Representation for Achieving Global Map Consistency, arXiv, 2024. [Paper] [Code]
• Towards Large-Scale Incremental Dense Mapping using Robot-centric Implicit Neural Representation, ICRA, 2024. [Paper] [Code] [Video]

Multimodal NeRF SLAM

• Multi-Modal Neural Radiance Field for Monocular Dense SLAM with a Light-Weight ToF Sensor, ICCV(oral), 2023. [Paper]

3D Gaussian Splatting Visual-SLAM

• GS-SLAM: Dense Visual SLAM with 3D Gaussian Splatting, CVPR, 2024. [Paper]
• Photo-SLAM: Real-time Simultaneous Localization and Photorealistic Mapping for Monocular, Stereo, and RGB-D Cameras, CVPR, 2024. [Paper]
• SplaTAM: Splat, Track & Map 3D Gaussians for Dense RGB-D SLAM, CVPR, 2024. [Paper] [Website] [Code]
• Gaussian Splatting SLAM, CVPR, 2024. [Paper] [Code] [Website]
• Gaussian-SLAM: Photo-realistic Dense SLAM with Gaussian Splatting, arXiv, 2023. [Paper] [Code] [Website]
• MoD-SLAM: Monocular Dense Mapping for Unbounded 3D Scene Reconstruction, arXiv, 2024. [Paper]
• SGS-SLAM: Semantic Gaussian Splatting For Neural Dense SLAM, arXiv, 2024. [Paper]
• SemGauss-SLAM: Dense Semantic Gaussian Splatting SLAM, arXiv, 2024. [Paper]
• Compact 3D Gaussian Splatting For Dense Visual SLAM, arXiv, 2024. [Paper]
• NEDS-SLAM: A Novel Neural Explicit Dense Semantic SLAM Framework using 3D Gaussian Splatting, arXiv, 2024. [Paper]
• High-Fidelity SLAM Using Gaussian Splatting with Rendering-Guided Densification and Regularized Optimization, arXiv, 2024. [Paper]
• RGBD GS-ICP SLAM, arXiv, 2024. [Paper] [Code]
• EndoGSLAM: Real-Time Dense Reconstruction and Tracking in Endoscopic Surgeries using Gaussian Splatting, arXiv, 2024. [Paper] [Website]
• CG-SLAM: Efficient Dense RGB-D SLAM in a Consistent Uncertainty-aware 3D Gaussian Field, arXiv, 2023. [Paper] [Code] [Website]

3D Gaussian Splatting Lidar-SLAM

Multimodal 3D Gaussian Splatting SLAM

• LIV-GaussMap: LiDAR-Inertial-Visual Fusion for Real-time 3D Radiance Field Map Rendering, arXiv, 2024. [Paper] [Code]

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Robotics

Manipulation/RL

• Ditto: Building Digital Twins of Articulated Objects from Interaction, CVPR, 2022. [Paper] [Pytorch Code] [Website]

• Relational-NDF:SE(3)-Equivariant Relational Rearrangement with Neural Descriptor Fields, CoRL 2022. [Paper] [Pytorch Code] [Website]

• Neural Descriptor Fields:SE(3)-Equivariant Object Representations for Manipulation, ICRA, 2022. [Paper] [Pytorch Code] [Website]

• NeRF-RL: Reinforcement Learning with Neural Radiance Fields, arXiv, 2022. [Paper] [Website]

• Neural Motion Fields: Encoding Grasp Trajectories as Implicit Value Functions, RSS 2022. [Paper] [Video]

• Grasping Field: Learning Implicit Representations for Human Grasps, 3DV 2020. [Paper] [Pytorch Code] [Video]

• Dex-NeRF: Using a Neural Radiance Field to Grasp Transparent Objects, CoRL, 2021. [Paper] [Website]

• NeRF-Supervision: Learning Dense Object Descriptors from Neural Radiance Fields, ICRA, 2022. [Paper] [Pytorch Code] [Website]

• GIGA: Synergies Between Affordance and Geometry: 6-DoF Grasp Detection via Implicit Representations, RSS, 2021. [Paper] [Pytorch Code] [Website]

• NeuralGrasps: Learning Implicit Representations for Grasps of Multiple Robotic Hands, CoRL, 2022. [Paper] [Website]

• ObjectFolder: A Dataset of Objects with Implicit Visual, Auditory, and Tactile Representations, CoRL, 2021. [Paper] [Pytorch Code] [Website]

• ObjectFolder 2.0: A Multisensory Object Dataset for Sim2Real Transfer, CVPR, 2022. [Paper] [Pytorch Code] [Website]

• NeRF2Real: Sim2real Transfer of Vision-guided Bipedal Motion Skills using Neural Radiance Fields, arXiv, 2022. [Paper] [Website]

• NiFR: Neural Fields for Robotic Object Manipulation from a Single Image, arXiv, 2022. [Paper]

• Local Neural Descriptor Fields: Locally Conditioned Object Representations for Manipulation, ICRA, 2023. [Paper] [Code] [Website]

• Equivariant Descriptor Fields: SE(3)-Equivariant Energy-Based Models for End-to-End Visual Robotic Manipulation Learning, ICLR, 2023. [Paper] [Code]

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Planning/Navigation

• NeRFlow: Neural Radiance Flow for 4D View Synthesis and Video Processing, ICCV, 2021. [Paper] [Pytorch Code] [Website]

• NeRF-Navigation: Vision-Only Robot Navigation in a Neural Radiance World, ICRA, 2022. [Paper] [Pytorch Code] [Website]

• Uncertainty Guided Policy for Active Robotic 3D Reconstruction using Neural Radiance Fields, RAL, 2022. [Paper] [Website]

• NeRF-dy: 3D Neural Scene Representations for Visuomotor Control, CoRL, 2021. [Paper] [Website]

• CompNeRFdyn: Learning Multi-Object Dynamics with Compositional Neural Radiance Fields, CoRL, 2022. [Paper] [Website]

• PIFO: Deep Visual Constraints: Neural Implicit Models for Manipulation Planning from Visual Input, RAL, 2022. [Paper] [Website]

• RedSDF: Regularized Deep Signed Distance Fields for Reactive Motion Generation, IROS, 2022. [Paper] [Website]

• ESDF: Sampling-free obstacle gradients and reactive planning in Neural Radiance Fields, ICRA, 2022. [Paper]

• Full-Body Visual Self-Modeling of Robot Morphologies, Science Robotics, 2022. [Paper] [Pytorch Code] [Website]

• CLIP-Fields: Open-label semantic navigation with pre-trained VLMs and language models, arXiv, 2022. [Paper] [Pytorch Code and Tutorials] [Website]

• Renderable Neural Radiance Map for Visual Navigation, CVPR, 2023. [Paper]

• NeRF-VINS: A Real-time Neural Radiance Field Map-based Visual-Inertial Navigation System, ICRA, 2024. [Paper]

• Splat-Nav: Safe Real-Time Robot Navigation in Gaussian Splatting Maps, arXiv, 2024. [Paper]

• GaussNav: Gaussian Splatting for Visual Navigation, arXiv, 2024. [Paper]

Localization

• Loc-NeRF: Monte Carlo Localization using Neural Radiance Fields, ICRA, 2023. [Paper]

• LocNDF: Neural Distance Field Mapping for Robot Localization, RAL, 2023. [Paper] [Pytorch Code]

• Leveraging Neural Radiance Fields for Uncertainty-Aware Visual Localization, ICRA, 2024. [Paper] [Video]

• The NeRFect Match: Exploring NeRF Features for Visual Localization, arXiv, 2024. [Paper]

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Citation

If you find this repository useful, please consider citing this list:

@misc{doong2022implicitnerfslampaperlist,
    title = {awesome-Implicit-NeRF-SLAM},
    author = {Doong Li},
    journal = {GitHub repository},
    url = {https://github.com/DoongLi/awesome-Implicit-NeRF-SLAM},
    year = {2022},
}