arrow
Return

Deep Learning-Based Object Pose Estimation: A Comprehensive Survey

delete2026-01-22
delete0
PRE
AI
J
Jian Liu *
W
Wei Sun
H
Hui Yang
Z
Zhiwen Zeng
C
Chongpei Liu
Z
Zheng Jin
X
Xingyu Liu
H
Hossein Rahmani
N
Nicu Sebe
A
Ajmal Mian
DOI:10.1007/s11263-025-02646-6delete
deleteOriginal
deleteOriginal request for help
deleteShare
deleteSave
Abstract

Abstract

En 中文
Object pose estimation is a fundamental computer vision problem with broad applications in augmented reality and robotics. Over the past decade, deep learning models, due to their superior accuracy and robustness, have increasingly supplanted conventional algorithms reliant on engineered point pair features. Nevertheless, several challenges persist in contemporary methods, including their dependency on labeled training data, model compactness, robustness under challenging conditions, and their ability to generalize to novel unseen objects. A recent survey discussing the progress made on different aspects of this area, outstanding challenges, and promising future directions, is missing. To fill this gap, we discuss the recent advances in deep learning-based object pose estimation, covering all three formulations of the problem, i.e., instance-level, category-level, and unseen (including both instance-unseen and category-unseen cases) object pose estimation. Our survey also covers multiple input data modalities, degrees-of-freedom of output poses, object properties, and downstream tasks, providing the readers with a holistic understanding of this field. Additionally, it discusses training paradigms of different domains, inference modes, application areas, evaluation metrics, and benchmark datasets, as well as reports the performance of current state-of-the-art methods on these benchmarks, thereby facilitating the readers in selecting the most suitable method for their application. Finally, the survey identifies key challenges, reviews the prevailing trends along with their pros and cons, and identifies promising directions for future research. We cover the literature up to our submission date and will continue to follow the latest works at https://github.com/CNJianLiu/Awesome-Object-Pose-Estimation .
Keywords:
Object pose estimation
Deep learning
Comprehensive survey
3D computer vision

Journal

International Journal of Computer Vision cover
International Journal of Computer Vision
IF:
9.3
Papers:
3.9K
Citations:
2.8W

Organization

A
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Scholars:
16
Papers: 6
Citations: 0
A
architecture and art
Scholars:
22
Papers: 9
Citations: 0
D
Department of Computer Science
Scholars:
1.7K
Papers: 998
Citations: 8
C
computing and communications
Scholars:
4
Papers: 5
Citations: 0
D
Department of Automation
Scholars:
141
Papers: 61
Citations: 1
researcher View more organizations