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PIVOT: Perception-aware Independent Viewpoint Online Optimization

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Sep 16, 2026 · UTC

A fundamental assumption in robotic perception is that the sensor's field of view (FoV) is fixed relative to the robot body. Motion-decoupled sensors, such as gimbal-mounted cameras and MEMS-based LiDARs, instead allow sensing direction to be controlled independently at runtime. This freedom creates a computational challenge: efficiently selecting useful viewing directions online in feature-dense environments. We propose PIVOT, a lightweight iterative method that optimizes sensor viewing direction along a fixed translation trajectory to maximize feature visibility. Under a conical FoV model, v

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