Abstract
SLAM mechanisms are a key component towards advanced service robotics applications. Currently, a major hurdle are the still high costs of suitable range measuring devices. A solution are bearing-only SLAM approaches since these can be used with cheap sensors like omnicams. The general approach of using an Extended Kaiman Filter (EKF) for bearing-only SLAM based on artificial landmarks has been described and evaluated in [2][1]. Instead of artificial landmarks, we now use SIFT features [3] as natural landmarks.
This paper describes SIFT feature preselection and landmark identification mechanisms that are pivotal towards the robust application of SIFT features within a bearing-only SLAM approach based on the EKF. We exploit viewing areas to massively reduce ambiguities and mismatches in SIFT feature reobservations and thus significantly reduce false identifier assignments.
The approach has been successfully evaluated on a Pioneer-3DX platform in an unmodified indoor environment. The results show that bearingonly SLAM produces reliable results even with cheap vision sensors and natural landmarks.
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Further experimental results: http://www.hs-ulm.de/schlegel, then follow Bearing Only SLAM
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Hochdorfer, S., Schlegel, C. (2007). Bearing-Only SLAM with an Omnicam Robust Selection of SIFT Features for Service Robots. In: Berns, K., Luksch, T. (eds) Autonome Mobile Systeme 2007. Informatik aktuell. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74764-2_2
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