Cross-Session 3D LiDAR and Camera Fusion for Robust Localization of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in GPS-Denied Environments

arXiv:2606.28951v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Accurate localization of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is essential for applications such as structural health monitoring, especially in environments where Global Positioning System (GPS) signals are denied or unreliable, like indoor spaces, tunnels, urban canyons, or areas beneath large structures. To address this challenge, we propose Cross-Fusion, a novel method for real-time UAV localization that integrates data from a 3D Light Detection and ...