Three-Dimensional Location and Mapping Analysis in Mobile Robotics Based on Visual SLAM Methods
One of the essential tasks required from a mobile robot is the autonomous and safe navigation of its working environment. However, in many cases, a model of the environment or map is not available to execute this task. Indeed, navigation requires a permanent estimation of the location for a map, whi...
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| author | Gustavo A. Acosta-Amaya Juan M. Cadavid-Jimenez Jovani A. Jimenez-Builes |
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| description | One of the essential tasks required from a mobile robot is the autonomous and safe navigation of its working environment. However, in many cases, a model of the environment or map is not available to execute this task. Indeed, navigation requires a permanent estimation of the location for a map, which is not available for unknown environments. In such a scenario, the robot must have extended capabilities to solve, concurrently, the problems of localization and mapping. The simultaneous solution of these two problems is known as SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) and is a complex problem, not yet fully solved by the scientific community. This is due to the fact that localization requires a map that is not yet available since it is still under construction. In turn, the elaboration of a map requires the estimation of the robot’s location. This is the reason why SLAM has been categorized as similar to the chicken and egg problem. In the case of a robot facing an unknown environment, it would be something like what to solve first, localization or mapping? The answer to this question is that the robot will have to solve both problems at the same time. This article presents a study of some of the most representative open source visual SLAM (vSLAM) methods, beginning from an analysis of their characteristics and presenting criteria selection for an experimental design that allows contrasting their advantages and disadvantages. Two of the most representative algorithms for solving vSLAM were considered (RTAB-Map and ORB-SLAM2). The experiments were validated with a robotic system designed for this purpose, which is fully compatible with ROS (robot operating system). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f7b8da266b0748c69f428ce59f04f2682025-02-03T06:47:22ZengWileyJournal of Robotics1687-96192023-01-01202310.1155/2023/6630038Three-Dimensional Location and Mapping Analysis in Mobile Robotics Based on Visual SLAM MethodsGustavo A. Acosta-Amaya0Juan M. Cadavid-Jimenez1Jovani A. Jimenez-Builes2Politécnico Colombiano Jaime Isaza CadavidUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaOne of the essential tasks required from a mobile robot is the autonomous and safe navigation of its working environment. However, in many cases, a model of the environment or map is not available to execute this task. Indeed, navigation requires a permanent estimation of the location for a map, which is not available for unknown environments. In such a scenario, the robot must have extended capabilities to solve, concurrently, the problems of localization and mapping. The simultaneous solution of these two problems is known as SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) and is a complex problem, not yet fully solved by the scientific community. This is due to the fact that localization requires a map that is not yet available since it is still under construction. In turn, the elaboration of a map requires the estimation of the robot’s location. This is the reason why SLAM has been categorized as similar to the chicken and egg problem. In the case of a robot facing an unknown environment, it would be something like what to solve first, localization or mapping? The answer to this question is that the robot will have to solve both problems at the same time. This article presents a study of some of the most representative open source visual SLAM (vSLAM) methods, beginning from an analysis of their characteristics and presenting criteria selection for an experimental design that allows contrasting their advantages and disadvantages. Two of the most representative algorithms for solving vSLAM were considered (RTAB-Map and ORB-SLAM2). The experiments were validated with a robotic system designed for this purpose, which is fully compatible with ROS (robot operating system).http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/6630038 |
| spellingShingle | Gustavo A. Acosta-Amaya Juan M. Cadavid-Jimenez Jovani A. Jimenez-Builes Three-Dimensional Location and Mapping Analysis in Mobile Robotics Based on Visual SLAM Methods Journal of Robotics |
| title | Three-Dimensional Location and Mapping Analysis in Mobile Robotics Based on Visual SLAM Methods |
| title_full | Three-Dimensional Location and Mapping Analysis in Mobile Robotics Based on Visual SLAM Methods |
| title_fullStr | Three-Dimensional Location and Mapping Analysis in Mobile Robotics Based on Visual SLAM Methods |
| title_full_unstemmed | Three-Dimensional Location and Mapping Analysis in Mobile Robotics Based on Visual SLAM Methods |
| title_short | Three-Dimensional Location and Mapping Analysis in Mobile Robotics Based on Visual SLAM Methods |
| title_sort | three dimensional location and mapping analysis in mobile robotics based on visual slam methods |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/6630038 |
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