无需靠近辐射源,机器人也能精准定位,且适应复杂环境。
Physics-Guided Robotic Radiation Source Localization along Arbitrary Measurement Paths in Unstructured Environments

- 用物理引导的机器学习模型处理遮挡干扰,实现路径无关定位。
- 仿真与实验均证明定位误差小于1.5米,抗干扰能力强。
- 适合应急救援、核设施巡检等高风险场景的机器人部署。
利用机器人估算辐射源位置可显著提升效率与安全性。现有方法多依赖路径规划逼近源点,但会增加机器人受辐射损伤风险,且专用路径限制任务灵活性。本文提出一种自动化机器人辐射源定位框架,基于物理信息机器学习(PIML)模型,在未知环境中无论测量路径如何,均可精确估计源位置。设计了物理启发的模型张量以处理未知障碍物引起的衰减伽马射线信号,并并行计算多个模型以增强鲁棒性与精度。方法在高保真仿真环境中通过蒙特卡洛粒子输运验证,覆盖多种空间尺度、源类型、障碍材料与几何结构及机器人轨迹。同时在未包含于仿真的物理实验配置中进行了验证。采用连续学习技术实现实体机器人部署中的在线优化,提升了系统实用性。该方法将机器人辐射感知从点状通量检测推进至空间智能水平。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Using robots to estimate the location of the radiation source is an effective way to improve efficiency and safety. Existing methods focus on planning the robot's path to achieve precise estimation, typically approaching the source. However, approaching the source increases the risk of radiation damage to a robot. In addition, a path-planning algorithm designed solely for radiation source localization (RSL) limits the flexibility of missions that deploy robots into radioactive environments. This study presents an automation framework for robotic RSL that leverages a physics-informed machine learning (PIML) model to precisely estimate the source location, regardless of measurement paths, in unknown environments. Physics-inspired model tensors have been designed for PIML to handle attenuated gamma-ray flux signals from unknown obstacles, and multiple models are computed in parallel to improve the robustness and precision of the RSL. The proposed method is evaluated in high-fidelity simulation environments using Monte Carlo particle transport across diverse randomized domains, including spatial scales, radiation source types, obstacle materials and geometries, and robot trajectories. The method is also validated through physical experiments on configurations that are not included in the simulation-based evaluation. The continuous learning technique is applied in real-robot deployment to enhance the practical applicability of the online robotic RSL system. The proposed method advances robot radiation perception from pointwise flux detection to spatial intelligence.
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