Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is one of the most
fundamental capabilities necessary for robots to navigate and perform
tasks. While impressive progress has been made with both geometric-based
methods and learning-based methods, developing a robust and accurate
SLAM method for deployment in real-world construction sites is still a
challenging problem.

HILTI, the University of Oxford, and the University of Zurich are
organizing the ICRA2022 HILTI SLAM Challenge! Participants can win up to
10,000 USD prize money and a keynote invitation at the 2022 ICRA
workshop on the Future of Construction. Datasets and instructions:
https://hilti-challenge.com

This newly released benchmark focuses on the SLAM problem in
environments in challenging scenarios, such as changing light
conditions, difficult geometries, and fast movements. We provide
millimeter-accurate groundtruth as well as full 3D scans from a
survey-grade laser scanner. Our automatic evaluation system offers fast
feedback on the accuracy and gives a detailed analysis on the results.

This new challenge is the follow up of the successful HILTI SLAM
Challenge held at IROS 2021. If you are interested to know all the
approaches used by the top participants of that competition, check out
this paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2109.11316.pdf

HILTI is a multinational company that offers premium products and
services for professionals on construction sites around the globe.
Behind this vast catalogue is a global team comprising of 30,000 team
members from 133 different nationalities located in more than 120 countries.

Michael Helmberger (from HILTI), Maurice Fallon, Lintong Zhang, Giovanni
Cioffi, Davide Scaramuzza