A survey of map merging techniques for cooperative-SLAM.

This paper presents a survey of map merging techniques for cooperative-SLAM. The recently proposed map merging techniques are classified into two categories: direct map merging and indirect map merging. In each category, several techniques are briefly described. Then, their advantages and disadvantages are discussed in the context of accuracy and computation time. The description and discussion can contribute to realizing and improving cooperative-SLAM. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]