Event cameras offer microsecond temporal resolution, low latency, and high dynamic range, making them attractive for robotics. However, labeled event-camera data for a specific robot and scene is scarce and expensive to collect, which slows the development of event-based perception and control.
The paper introduces a confidence‑normalized continuous multi‑timescale representation for event cameras, using logarithmic B‑spline temporal encoding and a geometry‑aware local confidence mechanism. When paired with a fixed feed‑forward EventCenterNet detector, this representation outperforms the compact CSTR representation on the PEDRo and Gen1 datasets. Additionally, a recursive exponential‑polynomial approximation is proposed to allow efficient event‑by‑event updates while maintaining detection performance.
By Fredrik Lundell, Per-Erik Forssen, M{\aa}rten Wadenb\"ack, Astrid Lundmark
arXiv:2608.22398v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Reliably tracking moving deformable linear objects (DLOs) while simultaneously ensuring robustness, accuracy, and temporally consistent state estimat...
By Annalena Hartmann, Priyamvada Ajithkumar, Patrick Br\"undl, J\"org Franke
arXiv:2509. 25146v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: This paper develops a mathematical argument and algorithms for building representations of data from event-based cameras, that we call Fast Feature Field ($\text{F}^3$).
By Richeek Das, Kostas Daniilidis, Pratik Chaudhari
The paper presents a new multi-frame representation for event-based action recognition that outperforms single-frame approaches, especially on long and complex event sequences. It employs a masked auto-encoding framework to pre-train a Vision Transformer, using a sparsity-aware masking algorithm, token selection, and multiple mask tokens with position-aware attention to boost performance while managing computational cost. The method achieves state‑of‑the‑art results on the THU‑EACT‑50 CHL and DailyDVS‑200 benchmarks.
By Emma Norrby, Tomas Wilkinson, Per Nyblom, David Gustafsson
The paper presents a method for tracking insects in the field using a stereoscopic event-based camera setup. By converting asynchronous events into conventional video formats, the authors combine the high temporal resolution of event cameras with standard video processing techniques to capture detailed insect flight movements. The stereoscopic configuration enables continuous, low‑latency 3D tracking, reducing motion blur and improving accuracy in natural environments.
By Pratham G. Shenwai, Martin J. Lankheet, John T. Hrynuk, Mandiyam Y. Mahadeeswara, Mandyam V. Srinivasan, Sridhar Ravi