Publication

Publications

2024

Salience-guided Ground Factor for Robust Localization of Delivery Robots in Complex Urban Environments [Online] [PDF] [Project]
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2024
Jooyong Park, Jungwoo Lee, Euncheol Choi and Younggun Cho

DiTer: Diverse Terrain and Multi-Modal Dataset for Field Robot Navigation in Outdoor Environments [Online] [PDF] [Project]
IEEE Sensors Letters, 2024
Seokhwan Jeong*, Hogyun Kim*, and Younggun Cho (*: Equal Contribution)

2023

Joint-ID: Transformer-based Joint Image Enhancement and Depth Estimation for Underwater Environments [Online] [PDF] [Project]
IEEE Sensors Journal, 2023
Geonmo Yang, Gilhwan Kang, Juhui Lee, Younggun Cho

Robust Imaging Sonar-based Place Recognition and Localization in Underwater Environments [Online] [PDF] [Project]
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023
Hogyun Kim, Gilhwan Kang, Seokhwan Jeong, Seungjun Ma, Younggun Cho

Edge-guided multi-domain rgb-to-tir image translation for training vision tasks with challenging labels [Online] [PDF]
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023
Dongguw LEE, Myunghwan Jeon, Younggun Cho, Ayoung Kim

Sparse depth-guided image enhancement using incremental GP with informative point selection [Online]
MDPI Sensors, 2023
Geonmo Yang, Juhui Lee, Ayoung Kim and Younggun Cho

2022

Low-cost Thermal Mapping for Concrete Heat Monitoring [Online]
arXiv preprint, 2022
Alex Junho Lee, Younggun Cho, and Hyun Myung

 Nonparametric background model-based LiDAR SLAM in highly dynamic urban environments [Online] [PDF]
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (TITS), 2022
Joohyun Park, Younggun Cho, and Young-Sik Shin

ViViD++: Vision for visibility dataset [Online] [PDF]  
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2022
Alex Junho Lee, Younggun Cho, Young-Sik Shin, Ayoung Kim, Hyun Myung

2021

Automatic wall slant angle map generation using 3D point clouds [Online]  
ETRI Journal, 2021
Jeongyun Kim, Seungsang Yun, Minwoo Jung, Ayoung Kim, Younggun Cho

2020

Dark Synthetic Vision: Lightweight Active Vision to Navigate in the Dark [Online]  [PDF]
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters  (RA-L), 2020
Joowan Kim, Myung-Hwan Jeon, Younggun Cho, Ayoung Kim

HDMI-Loc: Exploiting High Definition Map Image for Precise Localization via Bitwise Particle Filter [Online] [PDF]
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters  (RA-L), 2020
Jinyong Jeong, Younggun Cho, Ayoung Kim

Proactive Camera Attribute Control using Bayesian Optimization for Illumination-Resilient Visual Navigation Illumination-Resilient Visual Navigation [Online] [PDF]
IEEE Transactions on Robotics  (T-RO), 2020
Joowan Kim, Younggun Cho and Ayoung Kim

Underwater Image Dehazing via Unpaired Image-to-image Translation [Online]
International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems (IJCAS), 2020
Younggun Cho*, Hyesu Jang*, Ram Malav, Grurav Pandey and Ayoung Kim (*: Equal Contribution)

Unsupervised Geometry-Aware Deep LiDAR Odometry [Online] [PDF]
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2020
Younggun Cho, Giseop Kim and Ayoung Kim

2019

Validation of a Multi–Sensor-Based Kiosk for Short Physical Performance Battery [Online]
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) , 2019
HeeWon Jung, Hyunchul Roh, Younggun Cho, Jinyong Jeong, YoungSik Shin, JaeYoung Lim, Jack M Guralnik, and Jihong Park

 ViViD : Vision for Visibility Dataset  (Best Poster Award)
ICRA Workshop on Dataset Generation and Benchmarking of SLAM Algorithms for Robotics and VR/AR , 2019
Alex Junho Lee, Younggun Cho, Sungho Yoon, Youngsik Shin and Ayoung Kim  

Complex Urban Dataset with Multi-level Sensors from Highly Diverse Urban Environments [Online]
International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), 2019
Jinyong Jeong, Younggun Cho, Young-Sik Shin, Hyunchul Roh and Ayoung Kim 

 DeepLO: Geometry-Aware Deep LiDAR Odometry [PDF]
Arxiv preprint, 2019
Younggun Cho, Giseop Kim and Ayoung Kim

2018

 Channel Invariant Online Visibility Enhancement for Visual SLAM in a Turbid Environment [Online]
Journal of Field Robotics (JFR),  2018
Younggun Cho and Ayoung Kim 

 Model Assisted Multi-band Fusion for Single Image Enhancement and Applications to Robot Vision [Online] [PDF]
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L with IROS), 2018
Younggun Cho, Jinyong Jeong and Ayoung Kim

Complex Urban LiDAR Data Set [Online] [PDF]
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2018
Jinyong Jeong, Younggun Cho, Young-Sik Shin, Hyunchul Roh and Ayoung Kim 

 Exposure Control using Bayesian Optimization based on Entropy Weighted Image Gradient [Online] [PDF]
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2018
Joowan Kim, Younggun Cho and Ayoung Kim 

DejavuGAN: Multi-temporal Image Translation toward Long-term Robot Autonomy
ICRA Workshop on Long-term Autonomy and Deployment of Intelligent Robots in the Real-world, 2018
Younggun Cho, Jinyong Jeong, Youngsik Shin and Ayoung Kim 

2017

LiDAR Configuration Comparison for Urban Mapping System [Online] [PDF]
IEEE Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence (URAI), 2017
Joowan Kim, Jinyong Jeong, Young-Sik Shin, Younggun Cho, Hyunchul Roh and Ayoung Kim 

Road-SLAM : Road Marking based SLAM with Lane-level Accuracy [Online] [PDF]
IEEE Intelligent Vehicle Symposium (IV), 2017
Jinyong Jeong, Younggun Cho and Ayoung Kim 

 Visibility Enhancement for Underwater Visual SLAM based on Underwater Light Scattering Model [Online] [PDF]
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2017
Younggun Cho and Ayoung Kim 

2016

Estimation of Ambient Light and Transmission Map with Common Convolutional Architecture [Online] [PDF]
IEEE/MTS OCEANS Conference and Exhibition (Oceans), 2016
Young-Sik Shin, Younggun Cho, Gaurav Pandey and Ayoung Kim 

Online Depth Estimation and Application to Underwater Image Dehazing  [Online] [PDF]
IEEE/MTS OCEANS Conference and Exhibition (Oceans), 2016
Younggun Cho, Young-Sik Shin and Ayoung Kim 

Accurate Mobile Urban Mapping via Digital Map-Based SLAM  [Online]
MDPI SENSORS,  2016
Hyunchul Roh, Jinyong Jeong, Younggun Cho and Ayoung Kim