Title
Improved occupancy grid mapping in specular environment
Abstract
This paper addresses the improved method for sonar sensor modeling which reduces the specular reflection uncertainty in the occupancy grid. Such uncertainty reduction is often required in the occupancy grid mapping where the false sensory information can lead to poor performance. Here, a novel algorithm is proposed which is capable of discarding the unreliable sonar sensor information generated due to specular reflection. Further, the inconsistency estimation in sonar measurement has been evaluated and eliminated by fuzzy rules based model. To achieve the grid map with improved accuracy, the sonar information is further updated by using a Bayesian approach. In this paper the approach is experimented for the office environment and the model is used for grid mapping. The experimental results show 6.6% improvement in the global grid map and it is also found that the proposed approach is consuming nearly 16.5% less computation time as compared to the conventional approach of occupancy grid mapping for the indoor environments.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1016/j.robot.2012.07.003
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
Sonar sensor modeling,Specular reflection,Grid mapping,Sensor fusion,Bayesian theorem
Computer vision,Grid reference,Simulation,Computer science,Specular reflection,Fuzzy logic,Sonar,Sensor fusion,Artificial intelligence,Grid,Uncertainty reduction theory,Occupancy grid mapping
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
60
10
0921-8890
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.39
10
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
K. S. Nagla171.31
moin uddin2215.91
Dilbag Singh36715.16