Abstract

Teach-and-repeat navigation systems employing advanced visual place recognition techniques for localization exhibit key attributes for long-term mobile robot navigation, such as the ability to operate in unstructured and dynamic environments. However, existing solutions based on deep-learning techniques are computationally demanding, limiting their applicability. This work introduces a novel and efficient teach-and-repeat system built on the modern visual place recognition method MixVPR. Real-world testing demonstrated its ability to operate both indoors and outdoors, achieving robustness and navigation precision comparable to other state-of-the-art systems. In addition, its lower hardware requirements make it suitable for a wide range of robotic platforms and practical applications.

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APA 7

Truhlařík, V., Pivoňka, T., & Přeučil, L. (2026). Fast and Robust Teach-and-Repeat Navigation Using MixVPR Visual Place Recognition*. https://omanscience.com/en/articles/fast-and-robust-teach-and-repeat-navigation-using-mixvpr-visual-place-recognition

MLA 9

Truhlařík, Václav, et al. "Fast and Robust Teach-and-Repeat Navigation Using MixVPR Visual Place Recognition*." https://omanscience.com/en/articles/fast-and-robust-teach-and-repeat-navigation-using-mixvpr-visual-place-recognition.

Chicago (author–date)

Truhlařík, Václav, Tomáš Pivoňka, and Libor Přeučil. 2026. "Fast and Robust Teach-and-Repeat Navigation Using MixVPR Visual Place Recognition*." https://omanscience.com/en/articles/fast-and-robust-teach-and-repeat-navigation-using-mixvpr-visual-place-recognition.

Harvard

Truhlařík, V., Pivoňka, T. and Přeučil, L. (2026) 'Fast and Robust Teach-and-Repeat Navigation Using MixVPR Visual Place Recognition', Available at: https://omanscience.com/en/articles/fast-and-robust-teach-and-repeat-navigation-using-mixvpr-visual-place-recognition.

Vancouver

Truhlařík V, Pivoňka T, Přeučil L. Fast and Robust Teach-and-Repeat Navigation Using MixVPR Visual Place Recognition*. https://omanscience.com/en/articles/fast-and-robust-teach-and-repeat-navigation-using-mixvpr-visual-place-recognition

IEEE

V. Truhlařík, T. Pivoňka, and L. Přeučil, "Fast and Robust Teach-and-Repeat Navigation Using MixVPR Visual Place Recognition," https://omanscience.com/en/articles/fast-and-robust-teach-and-repeat-navigation-using-mixvpr-visual-place-recognition.