Title
Robust and efficient multi-robot 3D mapping with octree based occupancy grids
Abstract
A technique for merging 3D octree based occupancy grid maps robust to error in transformation between map reference frames is proposed and implemented. Recent robotics applications require 3D representations of the environments in which robots are to operate. In many cases, such as Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) and when a large environment is required to be mapped within a reasonable time constraint, it is not feasible for a single robot to map the entire portion of the environment required to be mapped. In these cases it is necessary for a team of robots to build maps independently and merge them into a single global map. The contribution of this work lies in the introduction of methods which use map data from commonly mapped portions of the environment with registration techniques such that maps may still be merged coherently despite erroneous relative transformations between maps. The results from this paper demonstrate that not only are octree occupancy grids a suitable representation for multi-robot 3D mapping, but that the proposed techniques for improving erroneous transformation estimates between map frames are valid.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/SMC.2014.6974556
Systems, Man and Cybernetics
Keywords
DocType
ISSN
SLAM (robots),image registration,multi-robot systems,octrees,3D octree,SLAM,global map,multirobot 3D mapping,occupancy grid maps,registration technique,robotics,simultaneous localization and mapping,Computer Vision,Cooperative Robotics,Localization,Mapping,Navigation,Octrees,SLAM
Conference
1062-922X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.39
13
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
James P. Jessup130.39
Givigi, S.N.2609.55
Alain Beaulieu3407.78