Safe Visual Navigation in an Underground Mine @OxfordDynamicRobotSystemsGroup

Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

We demonstrate autonomous and safe visual navigation in a decommissioned underground mine. Our systems builds upon our Visual Teach and Repeat pipeline with an extra safety layer given by a reactive twist controller.

This is part of our ongoing research on visual navigation for legged platforms in challenging environments:
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Safe Visual Navigation in an Underground Mine

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