Dynamic Robot Systems (DRS) Group researches perception and navigation for dynamic robots at Oxford Robotics Institute.
Joined June 2018
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A new article from our team has appeared in Autonomous robotics Journal.
This paper from Lintong Zhang explore localisation in meshes and 3d Pointclouds
Video overview:
youtube.com/watch?v=Mch7-CYO…
Mar 11
🆕 #open access paper!
#Visuallocalization in 3D maps: comparing #pointcloud, mesh, and #NeRFrepresentations by @LintongZhang, Yifu Tao, Jiarong Lin, Fu Zhang & @MauriceFallon
🔓bit.ly/4uowLcs
@oxfordrobots @dynamicrobots @oxengsci
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🚨 2x Funded PhD Projects - Please share! 🚨
PROJECT 1: Long-Term 3D Change Detection of Industrial Facilities
• Apply via: RAINZ CDT
• UK applicants for £31,000 tax-free stipend plus fees.
• Deadline: 13 February
Project listing:
rainz-cdt.ac.uk/study/projec…
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PROJECT 2: SafeHike - Remote Monitoring of Small Mammals for Conservation and Public Health
• Apply via: main Oxford application
• £21,000 tax-free stipend plus fees
• Deadline: 3 March
Project listing:
eng.ox.ac.uk/study/research-…
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🛠️ Software Release 🛠️
PlanarMesh is a real-time algorithm for minimal LiDAR mesh reconstruction:
github.com/ori-drs/planar_me…
PlanarMesh directly estimates planar surfaces with high fidelity and data compactness - 10x smaller than SotA methods.
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PlanarMesh incrementally updates the mesh reconstruction using free-space data and hybrid plane modeling and meshing.
Check out the code to see how it reconstructs complex geometry and flat surfaces simultaneously. Developed by Jiahao Wang:
ori.ox.ac.uk/people/jiahao-w…
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15 Nov 2025
Next month at @NeurIPSConf: @ckassab1 will present a new benchmark for open-vocab scene understanding - OpenLex3D.
Webpage & paper: openlex3d.github.io
Co-authors: @SachMorin, Martin Büchner,
@mmattamala, @kumaraditya_gup, Abhinav Valada,
@duckietown_coo,
@MauriceFallon
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Oxford Dynamic Robot Systems retweeted
7 Aug 2025
DigiForest researchers from @oxfordrobots demonstrating their mapping technology to students of the Summer School on Forest Ecosystems organised by @m_mokros (@3DForEcoTech ) Sruthi Moorthy (@SalGoTeam)
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Oxford Dynamic Robot Systems retweeted
6 Aug 2025
🚨 HIRING: New Post-Doc Position at @oxfordrobots!
I have a new collaborative project working with @DrStephenMellon to further develop our vision-based ultrasound reconstruction system - called ScanLite. Deadline: 8 Sept 2025
Apply here:
eng.ox.ac.uk/jobs/job-detail…
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Oxford Dynamic Robot Systems retweeted
22 Jul 2025
🆕 #openaccess paper!
#Wildvisualnavigation: fast #traversability learning via pre-trained models and online self-supervision by @mmattamala @JonasFrey96 @GMartius @MauriceFallon et al.
🔓bit.ly/4f0cgvm
@dynamicrobots @oxfordrobots @leggedrobotics
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Oxford Dynamic Robot Systems retweeted
23 Jun 2025
It was fantastic to work with Juan Suarez of @ForestryComm in @digiforest_eu. Our team has been working with European partners to develop robot & sensing tech to digitise forests quickly & accurately.
Papers: lnkd.in/eFZiJPvi
Digiforest website: digiforest.eu/
18 Jun 2025
🌍 | Oxford researchers are using robotics to transform sustainable forest management practices in the pioneering DigiForest project, joining a wider @HorizonEU team with partners across Europe @digiforest_eu.
#OxfordClimate | @dynamicrobots | @oxfordrobots | @oxengsci
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17 Feb 2025
Last week we did a successful field demo of our work in @digiforest_eu in Forest of Dean - with thanks to @Forest_Research and @ForestryEngland
Short article - video up coming
digiforest.eu/news/2025-02-1…
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8 Feb 2025
🚨🚨 New #SLAM #RealityCapture Dataset! 🚨🚨
The Oxford Spires Dataset.
New mapping benchmark in Oxford's famous colleges and Blenheim Palace focusing on high quality reconstruction (#nerf #gaussiansplatting) and colorization.
dynamic.robots.ox.ac.uk/data…
#spatialai #oxford
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8 Feb 2025
Our mapping device includes 3 synchronised color cameras; TLS scans for ground truth. We have shown that it can be used to evaluate NeRF/Gaussian Splatting in new ways.
Ethan Yifu Tao, Miguel Ángel Muñoz Bañón, Lintong Zhang, Jiahao Wang, Lanke Frank Tarimo Fu, Maurice Fallon.
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We've built a new iteration of our integrated mapping device for new collaborations and projects in 2025!
#inspection #ros2 #slam
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Oxford Dynamic Robot Systems retweeted
1 Feb 2025
🚨🚨 Last Reminder: 17 Funded Robotics PhD Positions! 🚨🚨
In the new RAINZ PhD training programme. The deadline for application is 11th February 2025.
We have four RAINZ positions at the Oxford Robotics Institute. Details here:
ori.ox.ac.uk/rainz
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Oxford Dynamic Robot Systems retweeted
22 Nov 2024
!! PhD Studentships - Please Retweet !!
I have two funded studentships (to start October 25) in @oxfordrobots
Studentship 1 is in the space of multi-sensor mapping and scene understanding. I'm open to projects in scene graphs, neural representations and active mapping.
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10 Oct 2024
Next week, out team will be presenting 3 papers in #IROS2024!
The works have been developed in the context of the @digiforest_eu EU Project, and address different aspects of localization, registration, and trait estimation in forest environments.
A short thread 🧵
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10 Oct 2024
Leonard Freissmuth (who visited us from TUM for 6 months) will present an online system to extract tree traits from LiDAR data. With @StefanLeuteneg1
Session: FrPI6T5, Room 5, "Field Robotics"
Paper: robots.ox.ac.uk/~mfallon/pub…
Video: youtube.com/watch?v=5AJwPEV1…
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10 Oct 2024
Haedam Oh (who started his PhD with us this month), will give a presentation on Friday, on LiDAR SLAM, multi-session mapping, and localization approaches in forests.
Session: FrAT8, Room 8, "Mapping II"
paper: robots.ox.ac.uk/~mfallon/pub…
Video: youtube.com/watch?v=86l-oxjw…
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