Optimized LOAM Using Ground Plane Constraints and SegMatch-Based Loop Detection
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Xiao Liu1,2, Lei Zhang2, Shengran Qin2,3
1Faculty of Robot Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110016, China.
Abstract:
Reducing the cumulative error in the process of simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) has always been a hot issue. In this paper, in order to improve the localization and mapping accuracy of ground vehicles, we proposed a novel optimized lidar odometry and mapping method using ground plane constraints and SegMatch-based loop detection. We only used the lidar point cloud to estimate the pose between consecutive frames, without any other sensors, such as Global Positioning System (GPS) and Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU). Firstly, the ground plane constraints were used to reduce matching errors. Then, based on more accurate lidar odometry obtained from lidar odometry and mapping (LOAM), SegMatch completed segmentation matching and loop detection to optimize the global pose. The neighborhood search was also used to accomplish the loop detection task in case of failure. Finally, the proposed method was evaluated and compared with the existing 3D lidar SLAM methods. Experiment results showed that the proposed method could realize low drift localization and dense 3D point cloud map construction.
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