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Concurrent initialization for Bearing-Only SLAM.

Rodrigo Munguía¹, Antoni Grau

¹Automatic Control Department, Technical University of Catalonia, c/ Pau Gargallo, 5 E-08028 Barcelona, Spain. rodrigo.munguia@upc.edu

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This study introduces Concurrent Initialization, a new method for Bearing-Only Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) using cameras. It improves robot autonomy by effectively initializing features for navigation systems.

Keywords:

SLAM bearing-sensor robotics

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Artificial Intelligence

Background:

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is crucial for autonomous mobile robots.
Camera sensors are increasingly favored for SLAM due to their rich information and suitability for embedded systems.
Bearing-Only SLAM methods are necessary because cameras, as projective sensors, do not directly provide depth information.

Purpose of the Study:

To present a novel and robust method for feature initialization in Bearing-Only SLAM.
To address the limitations of existing Undelayed and Delayed initialization methods.
To enhance the performance of SLAM systems utilizing camera-based bearing sensors.

Main Methods:

A new method named Concurrent Initialization is proposed.
This method combines complementary advantages of Undelayed and Delayed initialization techniques.
It concurrently uses two types of feature representations during the estimation process.

Main Results:

Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the Concurrent Initialization method.
The proposed method shows superior performance compared to previous initialization schemes.
The concurrent use of feature representations leads to improved SLAM accuracy.

Conclusions:

Concurrent Initialization offers a robust solution for feature initialization in Bearing-Only SLAM.
The method enhances the capability of camera-based SLAM systems.
This advancement contributes to the development of more capable autonomous mobile robots.