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An Extended Kalman Filter for Magnetic Field SLAM Using Gaussian Process Regression.
Frida Viset1, Rudy Helmons2, Manon Kok1
1Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands.
This study introduces a faster algorithm for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) using magnetic fields. The new method improves position accuracy by efficiently compensating for dead-reckoning drift, comparable to existing approaches.
Area of Science:
- Robotics
- Geophysics
- Computer Science
Background:
- Odometry systems suffer from position drift, impacting localization accuracy.
- Magnetic field variations offer a potential source for accurate mapping and localization.
- Existing magnetic field SLAM methods using Rao-Blackwellized particle filters (RBPF) are computationally intensive.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop a computationally efficient algorithm for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) using ambient magnetic field variations.
- To reduce the computational complexity of magnetic field-based SLAM.
- To improve position accuracy by compensating for dead-reckoning drift.
Main Methods:
- Representing the magnetic field map with a reduced-rank Gaussian process (GP) using Laplace basis functions.
- Deriving analytic expressions for the gradient of the learned magnetic field.
- Applying an extended Kalman filter (EKF) utilizing the magnetic field gradients for SLAM.
Main Results:
- The proposed EKF-based algorithm achieves a computational complexity of O(Nm2) per time step, significantly lower than the O(NpNm2) of RBPF methods.
- The algorithm effectively compensates for position drift in integrated odometry measurements.
- Performance in drift compensation is comparable to existing RBPF-based magnetic field SLAM techniques.
Conclusions:
- The EKF-based approach offers a computationally efficient alternative for magnetic field SLAM.
- This method enables accurate localization by leveraging magnetic field gradients.
- The algorithm demonstrates practical applicability in real-world scenarios, validated on diverse datasets.

