arXiv:2603.17229cs.ROcs.CV2026-03中稿 · IEEE Aerospace Con…

用月球地形高程图辅助视觉导航,减少长时间移动中的定位漂移。

Visual SLAM with DEM Anchoring for Lunar Surface Navigation

  • 结合学习型特征提取与数字高程图的全局约束,提升光照极端下的稳定性。
  • 在模拟月面和地球火山地形测试中,轨迹误差显著降低,长距离导航更准确。
  • 适合需要高精度自主导航的月球/火星探测任务,尤其应对无纹理、重复地貌。

未来月球任务需要自主漫游车在复杂地形上行进数十公里,同时保持精准定位并生成全局一致地图。然而,缺乏全球定位系统、极端光照条件以及低纹理的月壤导致视觉惯性里程计在长距离行驶中积累明显漂移。为此,本文提出一种融合学习型特征检测与匹配的双目视觉同步定位与建图(SLAM)系统,引入数字高程模型(DEM)提供的高度和表面法向量作为全局约束。前端采用基于学习的特征提取与匹配,增强对极端光照和重复地形的鲁棒性;后端将DEM导出的高度与表面法向因子融入位姿图优化,提供绝对表面约束以抑制长期漂移。我们在Unreal Engine生成的模拟月面数据及来自埃特纳火山的真实月球/火星类比数据上验证了该方法。结果表明,相比基线SLAM方法,本方案在各种场景下均显著降低绝对轨迹误差,即使在重复或视觉混淆的地形中也能有效控制漂移。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Future lunar missions will require autonomous rovers capable of traversing tens of kilometers across challenging terrain while maintaining accurate localization and producing globally consistent maps. However, the absence of global positioning systems, extreme illumination, and low-texture regolith make long-range navigation on the Moon particularly difficult, as visual-inertial odometry pipelines accumulate drift over extended traverses. To address this challenge, we present a stereo visual simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) system that integrates learned feature detection and matching with global constraints from digital elevation models (DEMs). Our front-end employs learning-based feature extraction and matching to achieve robustness to illumination extremes and repetitive terrain, while the back-end incorporates DEM-derived height and surface-normal factors into a pose graph, providing absolute surface constraints that mitigate long-term drift. We validate our approach using both simulated lunar traverse data generated in Unreal Engine and real Moon/Mars analog data collected from Mt. Etna. Results demonstrate that DEM anchoring consistently reduces absolute trajectory error compared to baseline SLAM methods, lowering drift in long-range navigation even in repetitive or visually aliased terrain.

视觉SLAM月球导航数字高程图定位漂移

Thank you to arXiv for use of its open access interoperability. PaperDance 不是 arXiv 官方产品;中文卡片由大模型生成,请以原文为准。