Title
Robust Photogeometric Localization Over Time For Map-Centric Loop Closure
Abstract
Map-centric Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) is emerging as an alternative of conventional graph-based SLAM for its accuracy and efficiency in long-term mapping problems. However, in map-centric SLAM, the process of loop closure differs from that of conventional SLAM and the result of incorrect loop closure is more destructive and is not reversible. In this letter, we present a tightly coupled photogeometric metric localization for the loop closure problem in map-centric SLAM. In particular, our method combines complementary constraints from LiDAR and camera sensors, and validates loop closure candidates with sequential observations. The proposed method provides a visual evidence-based outlier rejection where failures caused by either place recognition or localization outliers can be effectively removed. We demonstrate that the proposed method is not only more accurate than the conventional global ICP methods but is also robust to incorrect initial pose guesses.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1109/LRA.2019.2895262
IEEE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION LETTERS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Loop closure, SLAM, sensor fusion, metric localization, mapping
Journal
4
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
2
2377-3766
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.38
0
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Chan-Oh Park1112.59
SooHwan Kim2608.05
Peyman Moghadam316512.92
Jiadong Guo410.38
Sridha Sridharan52092222.69
Clinton Fookes674397.41