Article
An efficient approach for undelayed range-only SLAM based on Gaussian mixtures expectation
Author/s | Fabresse, Felipe Ramón
Caballero Benítez, Fernando Maza Alcañiz, Iván Ollero Baturone, Aníbal |
Department | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas y Automática |
Publication Date | 2018-06 |
Deposit Date | 2024-01-15 |
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Abstract | This paper deals with range-only simultaneous localization and mapping (RO-SLAM), which is of particular interest in aerial robotics where low-weight range-only devices can provide a complementary continuous estimation ... This paper deals with range-only simultaneous localization and mapping (RO-SLAM), which is of particular interest in aerial robotics where low-weight range-only devices can provide a complementary continuous estimation between robot and landmarks when using radio-based sensors. Range-only sensors work at greater distances when compared to other commonly used sensors in aerial robotics and they are low-cost. However, the spherical shell uniform distribution inherent to range-only observations poses significant technological challenges, restricting the approaches that can be used to solve this problem. This paper presents an undelayed multi-hypothesis Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) approach based on Gaussian Mixture Models (GMM) and a reduced parameterization of the state vector to improve its efficiency. The paper also proposes a new robot-to-landmark and landmark-to-landmark range-only observation model for EKF-SLAM which takes advantage of the reduced parameterization. Finally, a new scheme is proposed for updating hypothesis weights based on an independence of beacon parameters. The method is firstly validated with simulations comparing the results with other state-of-the-art methods and later validated with real experiments for 3D RO-SLAM using several radio-based range-only sensors and an aerial robot. |
Funding agencies | European Commission (EC) |
Project ID. | FP7-ICT-2011-7- 287617
P11-TIC-7066 DPI2011- 28937-C02-01 |
Citation | Fabresse, F.R., Caballero Benítez, F., Maza Alcañiz, I. y Ollero Baturone, A. (2018). An efficient approach for undelayed range-only SLAM based on Gaussian mixtures expectation. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 104, 40-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2018.02.014. |
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