Title
Robust Exploration With Multiple Hypothesis Data Association
Abstract
We study the ambiguous data association problem confronting simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), specifically for the autonomous exploration of environments lacking rich features. In such environments, a single false positive assignment might lead to catastrophic failure, which even robust back-ends may be unable to resolve. Inspired by multiple hypothesis tracking, we present a novel approach to effectively manage multiple hypotheses (MH) of data association inherited from traditional joint compatibility branch and bound (JCBB), which entails the generation, ordering and elimination of hypotheses. We analyze the performance of MHJCBB in two particular situations, one applying it to SLAM over a predefined trajectory and the other showing its applicability in exploring unknown environments. Statistical results demonstrate that MHJCBB's maintenance of diverse hypotheses under ambiguous conditions significantly improves map accuracy.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1109/IROS.2018.8593753
2018 IEEE/RSJ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT ROBOTS AND SYSTEMS (IROS)
Field
DocType
ISSN
Computer vision,Noise measurement,Computer science,Joint compatibility branch and bound,Multiple hypotheses,Measurement uncertainty,Catastrophic failure,Data association,Artificial intelligence,Simultaneous localization and mapping,Machine learning,Trajectory
Conference
2153-0858
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jinkun Wang175.91
Brendan Englot222121.53