机器人通过实时交互自学习,8分钟内适应密集植被环境。
Online Adaptive Traversability Estimation through Interaction for Unstructured, Densely Vegetated Environments
- 用激光雷达与环境互动收集数据,自监督训练模型。
- 8分钟内达成MCC 0.63,实现安全穿越复杂植被区。
- 适合计算资源受限的野外机器人,提升动态适应能力。
自主地面车辆在密集植被环境中导航面临巨大挑战。基于学习的系统通常依赖先验和现场数据预测地形可通行性,但在遭遇快速环境变化或新条件导致的分布外元素时性能下降。本文提出一种仅使用激光雷达的在线自适应可通行性估计方法,通过机器人与环境交互收集自监督数据,在机器人本地直接训练模型。该方法采用概率3D体素表示融合激光雷达测量与机器人经验,构建显著环境模型;为保证计算效率,使用稀疏图结构更新临时演化的体素分布。在真实自然地形上的大量实验表明,系统仅需8分钟操作数据即可适应复杂环境,达到0.63的马修斯相关系数(MCC),实现密集植被区域的安全导航。本文还探讨了体素化可通行性估计的不同训练策略,并提出改进建议。所提方法在计算资源有限(25W GPU)的机器人平台上验证,精度接近离线训练模型,且在多种环境中保持可靠性能。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Navigating densely vegetated environments poses significant challenges for autonomous ground vehicles. Learning-based systems typically use prior and in-situ data to predict terrain traversability but often degrade in performance when encountering out-of-distribution elements caused by rapid environmental changes or novel conditions. This paper presents a novel, lidar-only, online adaptive traversability estimation (TE) method that trains a model directly on the robot using self-supervised data collected through robot-environment interaction. The proposed approach utilises a probabilistic 3D voxel representation to integrate lidar measurements and robot experience, creating a salient environmental model. To ensure computational efficiency, a sparse graph-based representation is employed to update temporarily evolving voxel distributions. Extensive experiments with an unmanned ground vehicle in natural terrain demonstrate that the system adapts to complex environments with as little as 8 minutes of operational data, achieving a Matthews Correlation Coefficient (MCC) score of 0.63 and enabling safe navigation in densely vegetated environments. This work examines different training strategies for voxel-based TE methods and offers recommendations for training strategies to improve adaptability. The proposed method is validated on a robotic platform with limited computational resources (25W GPU), achieving accuracy comparable to offline-trained models while maintaining reliable performance across varied environments.
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