Title
Metrological Characterization of a Vision-Based System for Relative Pose Measurements with Fiducial Marker Mapping for Spacecrafts.
Abstract
An improved approach for the measurement of the relative pose between a target and a chaser spacecraft is presented. The selected method is based on a single camera, which can be mounted on the chaser, and a plurality of fiducial markers, which can be mounted on the external surface of the target. The measurement procedure comprises of a closed-form solution of the Perspective from n Points (PnP) problem, a RANdom SAmple Consensus (RANSAC) procedure, a non-linear local optimization and a global Bundle Adjustment refinement of the marker map and relative poses. A metrological characterization of the measurement system is performed using an experimental set-up that can impose rotations combined with a linear translation and can measure them. The rotation and position measurement errors are calculated with reference instrumentations and their uncertainties are evaluated by the Monte Carlo method. The experimental laboratory tests highlight the significant improvements provided by the Bundle Adjustment refinement. Moreover, a set of possible influencing physical parameters are defined and their correlations with the rotation and position errors and uncertainties are analyzed. Using both numerical quantitative correlation coefficients and qualitative graphical representations, the most significant parameters for the final measurement errors and uncertainties are determined. The obtained results give clear indications and advice for the design of future measurement systems and for the selection of the marker positioning on a satellite surface.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.3390/robotics7030043
ROBOTICS
Keywords
Field
DocType
vision system,pose measurement,uncertainty evaluation,metrological calibration
Computer vision,Fiducial marker,Monte Carlo method,System of measurement,Machine vision,RANSAC,Bundle adjustment,Metrology,Artificial intelligence,Engineering,Observational error
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
7
3.0
2218-6581
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
7
Authors
8