用深度学习检测月球陨石坑,实现高精度自主着陆导航
Deep Learning-Based Lunar Crater Terrain Relative Navigation

- 基于深度学习的陨石坑检测器结合匈牙利算法匹配特征
- 在偏离实际位置5公里时仍可将导航误差降至数百米
- 适合月球着陆器在稀疏地形中实现自主定位
准确的位置估计对自主月球着陆任务至关重要,尤其在地形特征稀疏的危险环境中。本文提出一种融合深度学习陨石坑检测器与扩展卡尔曼滤波器(EKF)的地形相对导航(TRN)算法。检测器分析轨道单目图像中的陨石坑特征,并通过匈牙利分配方法匹配全球数据库中的陨石坑,再以基于一致性的方法剔除异常值。这些测量结果用于优化EKF,其中以地心月固坐标系(LCLF)下的航天器姿态估计并结合高程辅助信息,有效抑制径向漂移。仿真结果表明,即使航天器初始位置偏离实际位置达5公里,系统仍可恢复,导航误差降至数百米。需注意,为保持特征对应关系,图像分辨率与场景尺度必须与检测器训练集分布一致。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Accurate position estimation is crucial for the successful implementation of future lunar landings using autonomous vehicles, especially in dangerous environments with sparse terrain features. In this paper, we propose a terrain relative navigation (TRN) algorithm combining our deep-learning crater detector, which was designed specifically for the NASA Crater Detection Challenge problem, and an Extended Kalman Filter (EKF). Our detector analyzes crater features from the monocular images acquired from orbit, and their matches with craters from a global database are identified via a Hungarian assignment approach followed by the consensus-based outliers removal method. The estimated measurements are then used to refine an EKF, where spacecraft pose estimation in the Lunar-Centered Lunar-Fixed (LCLF) frame of reference, augmented with altitude aiding information, constrains radial drift. The simulation results indicate that even if the spacecraft is off from its actual location up to 5 km, TRN could recover from this situation, achieving navigation error reduction to a few hundred meters. It should be noted that in order to maintain crater feature correspondences, it is important to match the image resolution and the scales within the scene to the detector training set distribution.
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