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arxiv: 2606.28720 · v1 · pith:FL2DRHIEnew · submitted 2026-06-27 · 💻 cs.RO

CubifyGS: Object-Centric 3D Gaussian Splatting for Lifelong Dynamic Scene Maintenance

Bohan Ren (1) , Dianyi Yang (1) , Shiyang Liu (1) , Yu Gao (1) , Jiadong Tang (1) , Zhilin Lai (2) , Yi Yang (1) , Mengyin Fu (1) ((1) Beijing Institute of Technology
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(2) Guangzhou Saite Intelligent Technology Co. Ltd.)
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classification 💻 cs.RO
keywords 3D Gaussian Splattingdynamic scene mappingobject-centric representationlifelong mappingasset managementadaptive optimizationrobotic perception
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CubifyGS maintains dynamic 3D scenes by managing reusable Gaussian assets through detection, rigid transforms, and pruning instead of full re-optimization.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper introduces CubifyGS as an object-level framework for lifelong 3D scene mapping when rigid objects are rearranged. It replaces passive re-optimization of individual Gaussian primitives, which produces ghosting, with active management of objects modeled as reusable assets. The system detects when objects appear or disappear, then retrieves assets, applies rigid transformations, and prunes outdated data. An event-triggered adaptive optimization step then targets computation only on regions with geometric voids or photometric mismatches. Validation occurs on a custom high-fidelity benchmark of object rearrangements, where the approach shows gains in artifact suppression and update speed over standard baselines.

Core claim

CubifyGS models movable instances as reusable Gaussian assets, detects object appearance and disappearance, and updates maps through asset retrieval, rigid transformation, and explicit pruning rather than reconstruction from scratch, while using an event-triggered adaptive optimization strategy to address geometric voids and local photometric mismatch after edits.

What carries the argument

Object-level asset management that retrieves and transforms reusable Gaussian assets on detected changes, paired with event-triggered adaptive optimization on affected regions.

If this is right

  • Scene maps can be maintained across repeated object rearrangements without rebuilding from scratch each time.
  • Computation stays localized to changed regions rather than the entire scene.
  • Reusable assets avoid repeated modeling of the same physical objects.
  • Targeted optimization reduces the time needed to resolve voids and lighting mismatches after edits.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The asset-retrieval approach could support incremental addition of new objects if detection extends beyond rearrangement.
  • Small accumulated transform errors over many moves might still require occasional global consistency checks not described in the current method.
  • Performance gains may depend on the benchmark's rigid-body assumption holding in real robot deployments.

Load-bearing premise

Reliable detection of object appearance and disappearance plus accurate rigid asset retrieval and transforms are possible without introducing new persistent errors.

What would settle it

Running the method on a sequence of object rearrangements and checking whether ghosting artifacts remain visible or whether update times match those of full re-optimization baselines.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2606.28720 by (2) Guangzhou Saite Intelligent Technology Co., Bohan Ren (1), Dianyi Yang (1), Jiadong Tang (1), Ltd.), Mengyin Fu (1) ((1) Beijing Institute of Technology, Shiyang Liu (1), Yi Yang (1), Yu Gao (1), Zhilin Lai (2).

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Lifelong mapping under rigid object rearrangement. In dynamic indoor scenes, objects frequently move or vanish (left). Given the same optimization time, conventional gradient-based methods (e.g., MonoGS [5]) adapt slowly, resulting in noticeable ghosting and incomplete reconstruction (right). In contrast, our object-centric framework explicitly prunes vanished objects and inserts novel ones from an asset l… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Overview of the CubifyGS framework. Leveraging continuous RGB-D streams, our framework explicitly detects object-level dynamics through hierarchical tracking and ray-casting, and maintains the scene by actively retrieving reusable assets from a global library or pruning ghost artifacts, which are seamlessly integrated via an event-triggered adaptive optimization strategy that concentrates computational res… view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Qualitative comparison of post-change reconstruction recovery. All visualizations are rendered 10 seconds after a discrete object rearrangement event. While conventional 3DGS baselines suffer from severe ghosting and blurred textures due to slow gradient-based updates, CubifyGS explicitly manages object assets to instantly eliminate artifacts and restore sharp, high-fidelity object geometry comparable to t… view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Qualitative 3D localization results. Our predicted bounding boxes (right) closely align with the ground truth (left) across representative benchmark scenes [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_4.png] view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Retrieval and Alignment Validation. (a) t-SNE of DINOv3 features shows distinct instance clusters across varying viewpoints. (b) Cosine similarity consistently peaks within ±15◦ of the ground truth (gray band). (c) Fine alignment optimization succeeds for angular perturbations up to 25◦ (green region), fully covering the coarse retrieval error margin. photometric fine alignment. We evaluate this module fro… view at source ↗
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Lifelong scene mapping under rigid object rearrangement remains a fundamental challenge in robotics. While 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) enables high-fidelity modeling, primitive-level updates often cause persistent ghosting and slow recovery. We propose CubifyGS, an object-level mapping framework that shifts dynamic maintenance from passive re-optimization to active asset management. CubifyGS models movable instances as reusable Gaussian assets, detects object appearance and disappearance, and updates maps through asset retrieval, rigid transformation, and explicit pruning rather than reconstruction from scratch. To address geometric voids and local photometric mismatch after such edits, we further propose an event-triggered adaptive optimization strategy that focuses computation on affected regions. We validate our approach on a newly constructed high-fidelity dynamic benchmark, demonstrating that CubifyGS improves artifact suppression and maintenance efficiency over representative reproducible baselines in the evaluated object-rearrangement setting.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper proposes CubifyGS, an object-centric 3D Gaussian Splatting framework for lifelong dynamic scene maintenance under rigid object rearrangement. It models movable objects as reusable Gaussian assets, performs active maintenance via detection of appearance/disappearance, asset retrieval, rigid transformation, and explicit pruning (instead of passive re-optimization), and applies event-triggered adaptive optimization to address voids and photometric mismatch after edits. The approach is evaluated on a new high-fidelity dynamic benchmark, claiming improved artifact suppression and maintenance efficiency over representative baselines.

Significance. If the central claims hold, the shift to object-level active asset management could meaningfully improve efficiency and reduce ghosting in robotic lifelong mapping compared to primitive-level 3DGS updates. The introduction of a new benchmark for object-rearrangement scenarios is a positive contribution that enables reproducible comparison.

major comments (1)
  1. [Abstract and §4 (Experiments)] The central claim of net gains in artifact suppression and maintenance efficiency rests on the asset management pipeline (detection of appearance/disappearance, rigid asset retrieval/transforms, and pruning) succeeding without introducing persistent new errors. This premise is load-bearing yet receives no quantitative support: the evaluation reports only qualitative or aggregate map-quality metrics on the new benchmark and does not include detection precision/recall, transform-error statistics, or failure-case analysis that would confirm the steps do not undermine the comparison to baselines.

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We thank the referee for the constructive feedback on our manuscript. We address the major comment point by point below.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract and §4 (Experiments)] The central claim of net gains in artifact suppression and maintenance efficiency rests on the asset management pipeline (detection of appearance/disappearance, rigid asset retrieval/transforms, and pruning) succeeding without introducing persistent new errors. This premise is load-bearing yet receives no quantitative support: the evaluation reports only qualitative or aggregate map-quality metrics on the new benchmark and does not include detection precision/recall, transform-error statistics, or failure-case analysis that would confirm the steps do not undermine the comparison to baselines.

    Authors: We agree that the manuscript's evaluation relies on aggregate map-quality metrics and qualitative results to demonstrate end-to-end improvements. While these results support the overall efficacy of the object-centric approach compared to primitive-level baselines, we acknowledge that direct quantitative validation of the pipeline components (e.g., detection precision/recall, transform errors) would provide stronger evidence that individual steps do not introduce new persistent errors. In the revised manuscript, we will add these metrics along with a failure-case analysis to address this concern. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: forward method description with no self-referential reductions

full rationale

The paper describes an engineering framework for object-level 3DGS maintenance via asset retrieval, rigid transforms, pruning, and event-triggered optimization. No equations, predictions, or first-principles results are claimed that reduce to fitted inputs or self-citations by construction. The abstract and method outline a procedural pipeline whose performance claims rest on benchmark evaluation rather than definitional equivalence. This matches the default expectation of a non-circular technical contribution.

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