arXiv:2504.10416cs.RO2025-04被引 2

分区域探索+关键帧压缩,让机器人高效稳定地自动建图

Region Based SLAM-Aware Exploration: Efficient and Robust Autonomous Mapping Strategy That Can Scale

  • 将环境划分为独立区域,逐个稳定后推进,减少重复探索
  • 关键帧使用量降低85%,地图优化时间减少78%-80%
  • 支持断点续探,适合大场景长期自主建图任务

自主探索构建未知大规模环境的地图是机器人领域的基础挑战,效率、对地图污染的鲁棒性及计算资源消耗至关重要。本文提出一种基于SLAM感知的分区域探索策略,将环境划分为离散区域,机器人在进入下一区域前逐个稳定当前区域。该方法显著减少冗余探索,提升整体效率。当完成某区域探索并稳定后,采用关键帧边缘化技术,通过移除变量降低问题复杂度,同时保留关键信息。为增强鲁棒性与效率,设计检查点系统,可在失败时从最后一个稳定区域恢复,避免完全重探。在真实家庭、办公室及仿真环境中测试表明,该方法优于现有先进方法:关键帧使用量减少85%,子地图使用量减少50%(办公室)和32%(家庭),位姿图优化时间缩短78%-80%,探索时长减少10%-15%。分区域结合关键帧边缘化的策略,为自主机器人建图提供了高效解决方案。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Autonomous exploration for mapping unknown large scale environments is a fundamental challenge in robotics, with efficiency in time, stability against map corruption and computational resources being crucial. This paper presents a novel approach to indoor exploration that addresses these key issues in existing methods. We introduce a Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM)-aware region-based exploration strategy that partitions the environment into discrete regions, allowing the robot to incrementally explore and stabilize each region before moving to the next one. This approach significantly reduces redundant exploration and improves overall efficiency. As the device finishes exploring a region and stabilizes it, we also perform SLAM keyframe marginalization, a technique which reduces problem complexity by eliminating variables, while preserving their essential information. To improves robustness and further enhance efficiency, we develop a checkpoint system that enables the robot to resume exploration from the last stable region in case of failures, eliminating the need for complete re-exploration. Our method, tested in real homes, office and simulations, outperforms state-of-the-art approaches. The improvements demonstrate substantial enhancements in various real world environments, with significant reductions in keyframe usage (85%), submap usage (50% office, 32% home), pose graph optimization time (78-80%), and exploration duration (10-15%). This region-based strategy with keyframe marginalization offers an efficient solution for autonomous robotic mapping.

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