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  • Robotics
  • Computer Vision
  • Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM)

Background:

  • Dense mapping is crucial for mobile robot navigation and environmental understanding.
  • Existing Dense Surfel Mapping methods often depend on common-view relationships, posing limitations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a local map extraction strategy addressing limitations in Dense Surfel Mapping.
  • To improve partial reconstruction accuracy and real-time performance in dense mapping.

Main Methods:

  • A local map extraction strategy based on spatiotemporal consistency is proposed.
  • Inter-frame pose observability and temporal continuity are utilized for local map extraction.
  • Normal constraints are incorporated into map fusion and weight initialization to mitigate blurring.
  • Dynamic adjustment of superpixel extraction parameters ensures continuous and stable time efficiency.

Main Results:

  • Partial reconstruction accuracy improved by approximately 27-43% on ICL-NUIM and KITTI datasets.
  • Real-time performance exceeded 15 Hz using only CPU computation, a 13% improvement.
  • The proposed method effectively reduces map fusion blurring caused by varying viewing angles.

Conclusions:

  • The developed local map extraction strategy enhances dense surfel mapping accuracy and efficiency.
  • The method offers a robust solution for mobile robot navigation and environmental understanding.
  • Spatiotemporal consistency and normal constraints are key to improving dense mapping performance.