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Physics-Guided Learning for Monocular Visual Object Localization in Indoor Environments
Haorui Ge1, Luzheng Bi1, Weijie Fei1
1The School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|August 13, 2026
Summary
This study introduces PC-IMVL, a physics-guided framework for monocular visual object localization (MVOL) in indoor robots. It significantly improves accuracy by integrating physical constraints, reducing errors by over 50% compared to prior methods.
Area of Science:
- Robotics
- Computer Vision
- Artificial Intelligence
Background:
- Accurate object localization is crucial for autonomous indoor robots.
- Monocular visual object localization (MVOL) offers a low-cost solution for embedded platforms.
- Existing MVOL methods struggle with depth ambiguity and scale estimation due to the 2D-to-3D mapping problem.
Purpose of the Study:
- To propose a novel physics-guided monocular visual localization framework (PC-IMVL) for indoor robotic systems.
- To address the limitations of conventional data-driven MVOL methods, specifically depth ambiguity and scale inaccuracy.
- To enable efficient and reliable embedded deployment of high-precision localization solutions.
Main Methods:
- Developed the PC-IMVL framework integrating deep visual perception with embedded physical modeling.
- Introduced spatial physical constraints into network optimization.
- Designed a physical consistency-aware loss function for regularizing 3D position and pose estimation.
- Utilized a lightweight, tailored architecture for efficient embedded deployment.
Main Results:
- PC-IMVL achieved average absolute errors (AE) between 0.095-0.333 m.
- Reduced localization error by over 50% compared to early fusion methods.
- Demonstrated a relative error (RE) of 2.4% and a viewing angle error (VAE) below 2° within a 3-4 m working distance.
- Validated effectiveness through offline experiments and real-world online tests.
Conclusions:
- The proposed PC-IMVL framework provides a practical, high-precision localization solution for embedded indoor robotic systems.
- Physics-guided localization effectively overcomes the inherent limitations of conventional MVOL methods.
- PC-IMVL outperforms existing state-of-the-art MVOL methods in accuracy and reliability.
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