OSTechNix

32 Essential Python One-Liners for Python’s 32nd Anniversary

Python turns 32. Explore 32 practical Python one-liners that show why readability, simplicity, and power still define the ...
IEEE

Range Image-Based Implicit Neural Compression for LiDAR Point Clouds

Abstract: This paper presents a novel scheme to efficiently compress Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) point clouds, enabling high-precision 3D scene archives, and such archives pave the way for a ...
IEEE

Range Space and Similarity Transformation Using Symbolic Mathematics in Python

Abstract: Linear systems involved in engineering and scientific calculations can be more easily analyzed using similarity transformation. However, understanding the numerous abstract linear algebra ...
GitHub

ALICE-LRI

ALICE-LRI (Automatic LiDAR Intrinsic Calibration Estimation for Lossless Range Images) is a C++ and Python library for lossless range image generation and reconstruction from spinning 3D LiDAR point ...
IEEE

Enabling Long Range Point Cloud Registration in Vehicular Networks via Muti-Hop Relays

Abstract: Point cloud registration (PCR) can significantly extend the visual field and enhance the point density on distant objects, thereby improving driving safety. However, it is very challenging ...
IEEE

Range-Aware Attention Network for LiDAR-Based 3D Object Detection With Auxiliary Point Density Level Estimation

Abstract: 3D object detection from LiDAR data for autonomous driving has been making remarkable strides in recent years. Among the state-of-the-art methodologies, encoding point clouds into a bird's ...
GitHub

An Easily Applied and Recompiled Multi-platform Precise Point Position (PPP) Toolbox Coded in Python

We provide a set of example data and a quick-start jupyter notebook tutorial "ppp.ipynb". Make sure that you have sucessufully installed the Python as well as the numpy in your environment. Due to the ...
IEEE

Exploiting Local Features and Range Images for Small Data Real-Time Point Cloud Semantic Segmentation

Abstract: Semantic segmentation of point clouds is an essential task for understanding the environment in autonomous driving and robotics. Recent range-based works achieve real-time efficiency, while ...
Indiatimes

Caught on cam: US immigration officer shoots woman at point-blank range in Minneapolis - how it unfolded

An ICE officer in its major immigration crackdown fatally shot a woman driving an SUV through her car window in South Minneapolis on Wednesday. US President Donald Trump called the incident "horrible ...
IEEE

RPVNet: A Deep and Efficient Range-Point-Voxel Fusion Network for LiDAR Point Cloud Segmentation

Abstract: Point clouds can be represented in many forms (views), typically, point-based sets, voxel-based cells or range-based images(i.e., panoramic view). The point-based view is geometrically ...
thecooldown

Meet the 60-year-old who hunts invasive pythons that are 'destroying' the Florida Everglades: 'They were eating everything'

After seeing photos of an alligator that escaped from a 13-foot python's stomach, real estate agent Donna Kalil decided to make a drastic career change. Kalil now leads the Everglades Avenger Team, ...