Title
Monocular Vision Based Collaborative Localization For Micro Aerial Vehicle Swarms
Abstract
In this paper, we present a vision based collaborative localization framework for groups of micro aerial vehicles (MAV). The vehicles are each assumed to be equipped with a forward-facing monocular camera, and to be capable of communicating with each other. This collaborative localization approach is built upon a distributed algorithm where individual and relative pose estimation techniques are combined for the group to localize against surrounding environments. The MAVs initially detect and match salient features between each other to create a sparse reconstruction of the observed environment, which acts as a global map. Once a map is available, each MAV performs feature detection and tracking with a robust outlier rejection process to estimate its own six degree-of-freedom pose. Occasionally, the MAVs can also fuse relative measurements with individual measurements through feature matching and multiple-view geometry based relative pose computation. We present the implementation of this algorithm for MAVs and environments simulated within Microsoft AirSim, and discuss the results and the advantages of collaborative localization.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1109/icuas.2018.8453412
2018 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (ICUAS)
Field
DocType
Volume
Monocular vision,Computer vision,Global Map,Outlier,Pose,Control engineering,Distributed algorithm,Artificial intelligence,Engineering,Fuse (electrical),Salient,Computation
Journal
abs/1804.02510
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2373-6720
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sai Vemprala100.34
Srikanth Saripalli256460.11