Vision based solutions for autonomous navigation

Abstract

I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to my dear supervisor, Associate Professor Wang Han, for all his support, guidance and motivation given to succeed in my postgraduate studies. I am equally grateful to all the members of the Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC) and the other examiners, for allocating their time from busy schedules to review my thesis and to be present at my oral examination. I wish to appreciate the support given by my fellow colleagues especially, Zhang Handuo, Zhou Hui and Mahdi Abolfazli during the duration of my PhD study.Added to that, I would like to thank my dear wife, parents and family for their understanding and support given to me whenever requested. Finally I would like to sincerely appreciate all the efforts of the research community whose contribution has made the current stand of this area and especially who has made their work and codes publicly available to support the others.vContents Statement of Originality ii Supervisor Declaration Statement iii Authorship Attribution Statement iv Acknowledgement v