实时从稀疏激光雷达判断物体表面是否可触达,无需预设模型。
Beyond Visibility: Real-Time Surface Accessibility Fields from Sparse LiDAR

- 基于工具几何的旋转姿态核,逐点评估可触达性。
- 在松树模型上正确识别56.8%可见但不可触达的枝干。
- 支持移动平台实时运行,适用于边缘设备如Jetson Orin。
理解场景中哪些表面可用给定工具触及,对机器人交互至关重要,但现有3D感知系统通常仅做到几何重建或可见性估计。传统几何可达性方法需完整无噪网格和固定运动学基座,不适用于移动平台从实时数据增量建图;可见性估计无法考虑工具形状或接近通道空间。本文提出可达性场:一种针对特定工具、从流式稀疏激光雷达实时生成的逐点表面可达性标签,随平台移动以传感器速率更新。系统完全部署于GPU,通过预计算的工具几何核,在多个旋转接近方向上检查碰撞与接近通道间隙。采用以扫描为中心的截断有符号距离场融合策略,仅更新靠近观测回波的体素,避免重复投影——这对无重复采样的传感器(如Livox Mid-360)至关重要。该方法工具无关,无需先验场景模型,可在工作站及Jetson Orin边缘硬件上运行。我们在合成物体和成熟级松树(Pinus radiata)模型上进行量化评估,结果显示仅靠可见性不足以作为可达性代理:本方法在混合可达性几何上实现F1=90.8,远超隐藏点移除基线的69.8;并正确识别56.8%的松树枝干为不可触达(尽管从传感器可见)。据我们所知,这是首个无需先验场景模型或固定基座框架,即可从流式稀疏激光雷达实时估计逐点表面可达性的方法——这是传统可见性估计无法提供的能力。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Understanding which surfaces in a scene are physically accessible to a given tool is fundamental for robotic interaction, yet 3D perception systems typically stop at geometric reconstruction or visibility estimation. Existing geometric accessibility methods require complete, noise-free meshes and fixed kinematic bases, assumptions that fail for mobile platforms mapping incrementally from live data; visibility estimation cannot account for tool geometry or approach-corridor clearance. We propose the Accessibility Field: a per-point labelling of surface accessibility for a given tool, produced in real time from streaming sparse LiDAR and updated at sensor rate as the platform moves. Running entirely on GPU, our method evaluates each surface point against precomputed geometry kernels representing the tool at a set of rotated approach orientations, checking tool collisions and approach-corridor clearance. A scan-centric Truncated Signed Distance Field integration scheme underpins our system, updating only voxels near each observed return rather than projecting every frustum voxel each frame -- critical for nonrepetitive sensors like the Livox Mid-360, where some bins contain no returns. Our system is tool-agnostic, needs no prior scene model, and runs on workstation and Jetson Orin edge hardware. We evaluate quantitatively on synthetic objects and mature-scale Pinus radiata models, showing visibility alone is insufficient as an accessibility proxy: our method achieves F1=90.8 vs. 69.8 for a Hidden Point Removal baseline on mixed-accessibility geometry, and correctly identifies 56.8% of pine branch surfaces as inaccessible despite being visible from the sensor. To our knowledge, this is the first method to estimate per-point surface accessibility in real time from streaming sparse LiDAR without a prior scene model or fixed base frame -- a capability visibility estimation cannot provide.
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