SLAM on LiDAR-Based Autonomous Vehicles

Has the concept of autonomous vehicles already transformed from fiction to reality? Has development in this avenue reached a plateau? Not yet; Level 5 autonomy is not even in the picture. The pinnacle will be reached when autonomous vehicles can sense and perceive the environment with human accuracy. Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is a major component: it is the task of constructing or updating a map of an unknown environment while simultaneously keeping track of an agent's location within it. Currently, our team, in collaboration with Ati Motors, is working on SLAM and occlusion handling.

— Dhiraj D. Shanbhag