> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://dimensional-swastika-docs-navigation-relocalization.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Go2 Navigation Overview

> Live column-carving navigation and premap relocalization for the Unitree Go2.

The Go2 navigation stack uses a simple **column-carving voxel map** strategy: each new LiDAR frame replaces the corresponding region of the global map entirely, ensuring the map always reflects the latest observations. Map live as you drive, or return to a known space using a saved premap and relocalization.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/dimensional-swastika-docs-navigation-relocalization/XszAD9xL24lc09X0/capabilities/navigation/assets/noros_nav.gif?s=02e80ec8838cad3ab2ef4a8e78cda481" alt="Live Go2 navigation in Rerun" data-path="capabilities/navigation/assets/noros_nav.gif" />

## Choose your workflow

| Workflow                    | When to use                                           | Blueprint                    | Docs                                                               |
| --------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Live mapping**            | Explore a new space where the map updates every frame | `unitree-go2`                | [Navigation deep dive](/docs/capabilities/navigation/deep_dive.md) |
| **Premap + relocalization** | Return to a known space and plan on a loop-closed map | `unitree-go2-relocalization` | [Relocalization](/docs/capabilities/navigation/relocalization.md)  |

Live column-carving maps are fast and reactive, but odometry drifts over long distances. For spaces you revisit, record once, run pose-graph optimization (PGO) offline, then relocalize against the exported premap at runtime.

For hardware setup, simulation, and the full blueprint list, see the [Go2 platform guide](/docs/platforms/quadruped/go2/index.md).
