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Towards Effective Visual-Inertial SLAM with Passive-Only Sensors for Low-Cost Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Sep 17, 2026 · UTC

Improvements to Visual-Inertial Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (VI-SLAM) for low-cost autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are critical for transitioning advanced marine robotics from specialized labs to broader research and hobbyist applications. While high-end AUVs typically rely on expensive sensor suites - such as Doppler Velocity Logs (DVLs) and Ultra-Short Baseline (USBL) systems - this work demonstrates that robust, high-quality navigation is achievable using a sub-$10, 000(USD) platform equipped only with inexpensive consumer-grade sensors. By leveraging a similarly priced, ope

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