多机器人异步定位框架,无需预对齐坐标系,提升封闭环境定位精度。
Decentralized Cooperative Localization for Multi-Robot Systems with Asynchronous Sensor Fusion
- 各机器人用扩展卡尔曼滤波本地化,仅在通信可用时共享测量信息
- 实测在仿真与真实地下室中将定位误差降低34%,双地标版本达56%改善
- 支持任意初始朝向自动对齐,适合特征稀疏或通信受限的复杂场景
去中心化协同定位(DCL)是针对非完整移动机器人在无GPS、通信受限环境下的一种有前景的方法。本文提出一种DCL框架:每个机器人使用扩展卡尔曼滤波进行本地定位,仅在通信链路可用且通过激光雷达成功探测到同伴时才共享测量信息。该框架保持了机器人状态估计间的交叉相关一致性,可处理异步传感器数据、异构采样率,并适应动态机动中的加速度变化。不同于需预对齐坐标系的方法,本方法允许机器人以任意参考系方向初始化,通过预测与更新阶段的变换矩阵实现自动对齐。为增强特征稀疏环境下的鲁棒性,引入双地标评估机制,同时利用静态环境特征与移动机器人作为动态地标。所提框架可在急转弯中实现可靠检测与特征提取,通过相互观测的信息共享提升预测精度。仿真(Gazebo)与真实地下室实验结果表明,相比集中式协同定位(CCL),DCL将均方根误差(RMSE)降低34%,双地标变体进一步提升至56%。结果证明该方法适用于封闭空间、水下环境及特征稀疏地形等传统定位方法失效的挑战性场景。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Decentralized cooperative localization (DCL) is a promising approach for nonholonomic mobile robots operating in GPS-denied environments with limited communication infrastructure. This paper presents a DCL framework in which each robot performs localization locally using an Extended Kalman Filter, while sharing measurement information during update stages only when communication links are available and companion robots are successfully detected by LiDAR. The framework preserves cross-correlation consistency among robot state estimates while handling asynchronous sensor data with heterogeneous sampling rates and accommodating accelerations during dynamic maneuvers. Unlike methods that require pre-aligned coordinate systems, the proposed approach allows robots to initialize with arbitrary reference-frame orientations and achieves automatic alignment through transformation matrices in both the prediction and update stages. To improve robustness in feature-sparse environments, we introduce a dual-landmark evaluation framework that exploits both static environmental features and mobile robots as dynamic landmarks. The proposed framework enables reliable detection and feature extraction during sharp turns, while prediction accuracy is improved through information sharing from mutual observations. Experimental results in both Gazebo simulation and real-world basement environments show that DCL outperforms centralized cooperative localization (CCL), achieving a 34% reduction in RMSE, while the dual-landmark variant yields an improvement of 56%. These results demonstrate the applicability of DCL to challenging domains such as enclosed spaces, underwater environments, and feature-sparse terrains where conventional localization methods are ineffective.
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