用视觉模型替代激光雷达,实现低成本高可靠越野自动驾驶
An Open-Source LiDAR and Monocular Off-Road Autonomous Navigation Stack
- 零样本深度预测+稀疏SLAM校准,无需任务训练
- 实测单目配置在多数场景媲美高精度激光雷达
- 开源完整系统与仿真环境,适合研究者复现
越野自主导航需在复杂非结构化地形中实现可靠的3D感知以检测障碍物。尽管激光雷达精度高,但成本高且功耗大;而基于基础模型的单目深度估计虽轻量,其在户外导航系统中的集成仍待探索。本文提出一个开源的越野导航栈,支持激光雷达与单目3D感知,无需任务特定训练。单目方案结合零样本深度预测(Depth Anything V2)与稀疏SLAM测量(VINS-Mono)进行尺度重标定。通过边缘掩码减少障碍物误检,时间平滑缓解SLAM不稳定性影响。生成的点云用于构建机器人中心的2.5D高程图,支持基于代价地图的规划。在Photorealistic仿真(Isaac Sim)和真实非结构化环境评估中,单目配置在多数场景表现接近高分辨率激光雷达,证明基础模型驱动的单目深度估计是可靠越野导航的可行替代方案。我们开源了导航栈与仿真环境,提供可复现的完整流水线与基准。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Off-road autonomous navigation demands reliable 3D perception for robust obstacle detection in challenging unstructured terrain. While LiDAR is accurate, it is costly and power-intensive. Monocular depth estimation using foundation models offers a lightweight alternative, but its integration into outdoor navigation stacks remains underexplored. We present an open-source off-road navigation stack supporting both LiDAR and monocular 3D perception without task-specific training. For the monocular setup, we combine zero-shot depth prediction (Depth Anything V2) with metric depth rescaling using sparse SLAM measurements (VINS-Mono). Two key enhancements improve robustness: edge-masking to reduce obstacle hallucination and temporal smoothing to mitigate the impact of SLAM instability. The resulting point cloud is used to generate a robot-centric 2.5D elevation map for costmap-based planning. Evaluated in photorealistic simulations (Isaac Sim) and real-world unstructured environments, the monocular configuration matches high-resolution LiDAR performance in most scenarios, demonstrating that foundation-model-based monocular depth estimation is a viable LiDAR alternative for robust off-road navigation. By open-sourcing the navigation stack and the simulation environment, we provide a complete pipeline for off-road navigation as well as a reproducible benchmark. Code available at https://github.com/LARIAD/Offroad-Nav.
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