Real-Time 2-D Lidar Odometry Based on ICP

This study presents a 2-D lidar odometry based on an ICP (iterative closest point) variant used in a simple and straightforward platform that achieves real-time and low-drift performance. With a designated multi-scale feature extraction procedure, the lidar cloud information can be utilized at multi...

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Autores principales: Fuxing Li, Shenglan Liu, Xuedong Zhao, Liyan Zhang
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:db86df0c7c4c4660813b14067b95b6c32021-11-11T19:10:18ZReal-Time 2-D Lidar Odometry Based on ICP10.3390/s212171621424-8220https://doaj.org/article/db86df0c7c4c4660813b14067b95b6c32021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/21/7162https://doaj.org/toc/1424-8220This study presents a 2-D lidar odometry based on an ICP (iterative closest point) variant used in a simple and straightforward platform that achieves real-time and low-drift performance. With a designated multi-scale feature extraction procedure, the lidar cloud information can be utilized at multiple levels and the speed of data association can be accelerated according to the multi-scale data structure, thereby achieving robust feature extraction and fast scan-matching algorithms. First, on a large scale, the lidar point cloud data are classified according to the curvature into two parts: smooth collection and rough collection. Then, on a small scale, noise and unstable points in the smooth or rough collection are filtered, and edge points and corner points are extracted. Then, the proposed tangent-vector-pairs based on edge and corner points are applied to evaluate the rotation term, which is significant for producing a stable solution in motion estimation. We compare our performance with two excellent open-source SLAM algorithms, Cartographer and Hector SLAM, using collected and open-access datasets in structured indoor environments. The results indicate that our method can achieve better accuracy.Fuxing LiShenglan LiuXuedong ZhaoLiyan ZhangMDPI AGarticle2-D lidarmulti-scalefeature extractionmotion estimationChemical technologyTP1-1185ENSensors, Vol 21, Iss 7162, p 7162 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic 2-D lidar
multi-scale
feature extraction
motion estimation
Chemical technology
TP1-1185
spellingShingle 2-D lidar
multi-scale
feature extraction
motion estimation
Chemical technology
TP1-1185
Fuxing Li
Shenglan Liu
Xuedong Zhao
Liyan Zhang
Real-Time 2-D Lidar Odometry Based on ICP
description This study presents a 2-D lidar odometry based on an ICP (iterative closest point) variant used in a simple and straightforward platform that achieves real-time and low-drift performance. With a designated multi-scale feature extraction procedure, the lidar cloud information can be utilized at multiple levels and the speed of data association can be accelerated according to the multi-scale data structure, thereby achieving robust feature extraction and fast scan-matching algorithms. First, on a large scale, the lidar point cloud data are classified according to the curvature into two parts: smooth collection and rough collection. Then, on a small scale, noise and unstable points in the smooth or rough collection are filtered, and edge points and corner points are extracted. Then, the proposed tangent-vector-pairs based on edge and corner points are applied to evaluate the rotation term, which is significant for producing a stable solution in motion estimation. We compare our performance with two excellent open-source SLAM algorithms, Cartographer and Hector SLAM, using collected and open-access datasets in structured indoor environments. The results indicate that our method can achieve better accuracy.
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author Fuxing Li
Shenglan Liu
Xuedong Zhao
Liyan Zhang
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Shenglan Liu
Xuedong Zhao
Liyan Zhang
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title Real-Time 2-D Lidar Odometry Based on ICP
title_short Real-Time 2-D Lidar Odometry Based on ICP
title_full Real-Time 2-D Lidar Odometry Based on ICP
title_fullStr Real-Time 2-D Lidar Odometry Based on ICP
title_full_unstemmed Real-Time 2-D Lidar Odometry Based on ICP
title_sort real-time 2-d lidar odometry based on icp
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/db86df0c7c4c4660813b14067b95b6c3
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