Advancements in Synthetic Data Generation for Autonomous Systems

The field of autonomous systems is witnessing significant advancements in synthetic data generation, enabling more robust and generalizable models. Researchers are focusing on creating high-fidelity datasets that can mimic real-world scenarios, allowing for better training and evaluation of autonomous systems. This includes the development of datasets for stereo matching, end-to-end autonomous driving, and medical robotics, which are crucial for improving depth perception, safety, and accuracy. Noteworthy papers in this area include: StereoCarla, which presents a high-fidelity synthetic stereo dataset for autonomous driving scenarios, demonstrating improved generalization accuracy across multiple benchmarks. TeraSim-World, which introduces an automated pipeline for synthesizing realistic and geographically diverse safety-critical data for end-to-end autonomous driving. ROOM, which proposes a comprehensive simulation framework for generating photorealistic medical datasets for continuum robot training. Sea-ing Through Scattered Rays, which revisits the image formation model for realistic underwater image generation, including the commonly omitted forward scattering term.

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StereoCarla: A High-Fidelity Driving Dataset for Generalizable Stereo

TeraSim-World: Worldwide Safety-Critical Data Synthesis for End-to-End Autonomous Driving

ROOM: A Physics-Based Continuum Robot Simulator for Photorealistic Medical Datasets Generation

Sea-ing Through Scattered Rays: Revisiting the Image Formation Model for Realistic Underwater Image Generation

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