| SLAM | simultaneous localization and mapping |
| ARW | adaptive random walk |
| ICP | iterative closest point |
| TrICP | trimmed ICP |
| SIFT | scale-invariant feature transform |
| SURF | speeded-up robust features |
| KLT | Kanade-Lucas-Tomasi |
| MCS | maximum common subgraph |
| MAFF | map augmentation and feature fusion |
| MER | maximal empty rectangular |
| FAST | features from accelerated segment test |
| ORB | oriented FAST and rotated BRIEF |
| BoW | bag of word |
| RANSAC | random sample consensus |
| EM | expectation–maximization |
| MSSE | modified selective statistical estimator |
| VG | Voronoi graph |
| GVG | generalized Voronoi graph |
| AGVG | annotated generalized Voronoi graph |
| EVG | extended Voronoi graph |