arXiv:2603.02742cs.RO2026-03中稿 · the IEEE/RSJ Inter…

针对高速无人机竞速,提出更鲁棒的单目视觉惯性估姿系统及后处理评估框架。

Robust Tightly-Coupled Filter-Based Monocular Visual-Inertial State Estimation and Graph-Based Evaluation for Autonomous Drone Racing

  • 基于误差状态卡尔曼滤波,直接使用角点像素重投影误差更新状态。
  • 仅需两个可见角点即可稳定估计,比传统方法少两个特征点要求。
  • 适用于无GPS环境,可对真实竞速飞行进行高精度后评估。

自主无人机竞速(ADR)要求状态估计在极端速度与机动下兼具计算高效与感知鲁棒性。传统方案依赖松耦合的门控PnP校正,需至少四个可见特征且中间步骤易丢失信息。在无GNSS、无动捕的竞赛环境中,系统客观评估极为困难。为此,我们提出ADR-VINS,一种面向竞速场景的单目视觉惯性状态估计框架,基于误差状态卡尔曼滤波(ESKF),将门框角点的直接像素重投影误差作为创新项引入滤波器。通过跳过中间PnP求解,该方法仅需两个可见角点即可维持有效状态更新,并采用鲁棒重加权替代RANSAC处理异常值,提升计算效率。此外,我们提出ADR-FGO,一种离线因子图优化框架,用于生成高保真参考轨迹,实现对无仪器环境飞行性能的后处理评估。系统在TII-RATM数据集上验证,ADR-VINS平均平移误差为0.143 m,ADR-FGO生成的平滑参考轨迹误差为0.060 m。最终,ADR-VINS成功部署于A2RL竞速锦标赛第二赛季,在20.9 m/s高速高敏捷飞行中仍保持稳定估计,且通过ADR-FGO完成无仪器环境下的飞行后评估。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Autonomous drone racing (ADR) demands state estimation that is simultaneously computationally efficient and resilient to the perceptual degradation experienced during extreme velocity and maneuvers. Traditional frameworks typically rely on conventional visual-inertial pipelines with loosely-coupled gate-based Perspective-n-Points (PnP) corrections that suffer from a rigid requirement for four visible features and information loss in intermediate steps. Furthermore, the absence of GNSS and Motion Capture systems in uninstrumented, competitive racing environments makes the objective evaluation of such systems remarkably difficult. To address these limitations, we propose ADR-VINS, a robust, monocular visual-inertial state estimation framework based on an Error-State Kalman Filter (ESKF) tailored for autonomous drone racing. Our approach integrates direct pixel reprojection errors from gate corners features as innovation terms within the filter. By bypassing intermediate PnP solvers, ADR-VINS maintains valid state updates with as few as two visible corners and utilizes robust reweighting instead of RANSAC-based schemes to handle outliers, enhancing computational efficiency. Furthermore, we introduce ADR-FGO, an offline Factor-Graph Optimization framework to generate high-fidelity reference trajectories that facilitate post-flight performance evaluation and analysis on uninstrumented, GNSS-denied environments. The proposed system is validated using TII-RATM dataset, where ADR-VINS achieves an average RMS translation error of 0.143 m, while ADR-FGO yields 0.060 m as a smoothing-based reference. Finally, ADR-VINS was successfully deployed in the A2RL Drone Championship Season 2, maintaining stable and robust estimation despite noisy detections during high-agility flight at top speeds of 20.9 m/s. We further utilize ADR-FGO for post-flight evaluation in uninstrumented racing environments.

无人机竞速视觉惯性状态估计后处理评估

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