让无人机在未知室内环境更智能探索,靠语义信息选重点区域
Semantic-Aware Autonomous Exploration for UAVs in Unknown Indoor Environments

- 基于动态路网,融合语义信息引导探索路径
- 覆盖率达90%~94%,比传统方法更快更省路程
- 适合需要高效理解环境的无人机自主探索场景
在未知环境中实现自主探索需使无人机高效生成有信息量的轨迹并构建准确地图。现有方法多依赖几何信息,缺乏语义感知,导致探索效率低、环境理解有限。本文提出一种语义感知探索框架,在基于路网的探索策略基础上,结合动态探索规划器(DEP)增量构建概率路网(PRM),并增加语义层。引入语义奖励函数,优先选择包含有意义物体与结构的区域,提升信息价值。路网持续更新,支持高效前沿选择与路径规划。系统基于ROS Noetic与Gazebo,使用RGB-D传感器同步获取几何与语义信息。多个模拟环境实验表明,该方法探索覆盖率达90%至94%,显著降低探索时间与移动距离。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Autonomous exploration in unknown environments requires unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to efficiently generate informative trajectories while simultaneously constructing accurate maps. Although many existing exploration methods rely on geometric information, they often lack semantic awareness, resulting in suboptimal exploration efficiency and limited environmental understanding. To address this limitation, this paper proposes a semantic-aware exploration framework that adds semantic information to a roadmap-based exploration strategy. The proposed method builds on the Dynamic Exploration Planner (DEP), which incrementally constructs a Probabilistic Roadmap (PRM), and augments this roadmap with a semantic layer. A semantic reward function is introduced to prioritize regions containing meaningful objects and structures, enabling the UAV to focus on areas with higher information value. Furthermore, the roadmap is continuously updated to support efficient frontier selection and path planning during exploration. The proposed framework is implemented in ROS Noetic and Gazebo using an RGB-D sensor for simultaneous acquisition of geometric and semantic information. Experimental results in multiple simulated environments demonstrate that the proposed approach achieves exploration coverage rates between 90% and 94% while reducing exploration time and travel distance compared with conventional geometry-based exploration methods.
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