让无人机带轮子,在无GPS地下环境自主穿梭。
Hybrid Aerial-Ground Vehicle Autonomy in GPS-denied Environments
- 设计可地面滚动与空中飞行的混合机器人,省电又灵活。
- 实现无需定位的可靠局部避障规划,适应复杂地形。
- 适合地下搜救、洞穴探测等高风险场景应用。
DARPA地下挑战赛推动机器人在长达8公里的矿井和隧道中自主测绘、识别物体与人员的能力发展,为未来行星洞穴与地表探索任务铺路。Co-STAR团队参与该挑战,研发了一种名为Rollocopter的空中-地面混合机器人。当前设计为带轮子的无人机,可通过螺旋桨驱动滚动,仅在必要时飞行,兼顾地面模式的低功耗与空中模式的高机动性。本论文聚焦于Rollocopter的局部规划架构开发与鲁棒性提升。首先实现具备碰撞避让能力的局部规划器,支持车辆自主导航;随后增强其在无定位信息下的可靠性;最终集成可切换滚动与飞行模式的混合机动能力,以发挥各自优势。目前正开发可遍历性分析算法,用于指导混合规划决策。此外,搭建了仿真平台测试规划算法并提升车辆在不同环境下的鲁棒性。论文成果展示出Rollocopter在粉尘隧道、水平迷宫及崎岖地形中的成功通行能力,视频演示验证了其实际性能。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
The DARPA Subterranean Challenge is leading the development of robots capable of mapping underground mines and tunnels up to 8km in length and identify objects and people. Developing these autonomous abilities paves the way for future planetary cave and surface exploration missions. The Co-STAR team, competing in this challenge, is developing a hybrid aerial-ground vehicle, known as the Rollocopter. The current design of this vehicle is a drone with wheels attached. This allows for the vehicle to roll, actuated by the propellers, and fly only when necessary, hence benefiting from the reduced power consumption of the ground mode and the enhanced mobility of the aerial mode. This thesis focuses on the development and increased robustness of the local planning architecture for the Rollocopter. The first development of thesis is a local planner capable of collision avoidance. The local planning node provides the basic functionality required for the vehicle to navigate autonomously. The next stage was augmenting this with the ability to plan more reliably without localisation. This was then integrated with a hybrid mobility mode capable of rolling and flying to exploit power and mobility benefits of the respective configurations. A traversability analysis algorithm as well as determining the terrain that the vehicle is able to traverse is in the late stages of development for informing the decisions of the hybrid planner. A simulator was developed to test the planning algorithms and improve the robustness of the vehicle to different environments. The results presented in this thesis are related to the mobility of the rollocopter and the range of environments that the vehicle is capable of traversing. Videos are included in which the vehicle successfully navigates through dust-ridden tunnels, horizontal mazes, and areas with rough terrain.
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