Asier Bikandi-Noya.
comparing the world we see with the world we drew.

Hi, I’m Asier, a doctoral researcher at the University of Luxembourg (SnT), part of the Automation & Robotics Group. My PhD is carried out in collaboration with an industrial partner working on AR for construction. Before starting my PhD, I worked as a Robotics & Computer Vision Engineer at Mondragon Assembly.

My research focuses on spatial AI, with a particular emphasis on visual SLAM for indoor environments. I work on integrating prior knowledge (such as BIM models or floorplans) into the SLAM back-end to enable accurate localization and 3D scene understanding. A key part of my work is leveraging hierarchical concepts in the environment, from high-level structures like rooms and corridors down to walls and objects, to align and compare as-built and as-planned representations.

Recently, I have also been working with multi-camera setups, including binocular fisheye configurations that provide a 360° field of view. Applications of this line of research include construction monitoring with AR, where on-site deviations can be detected and visualized in real time.