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vol 67 / April, 2024
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DOI 10.17586/0021-3454-2022-65-3-218-226

UDC 004.896

OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS FOR IMPROVING THE ACCURACY AND ROBUSTNESS OF VISUAL ODOMETRY OF GROUND-BASED MOBILE ROBOTS

J. Mahmoud
ITMO University, Faculty of Control Systems and Robotics, International Laboratory of Biomechatronic and Energy-Efficient Robotics;


V. H. Long
ITMO University, Faculty of Control Systems and Robotics, International Laboratory of Biomechatronic and Energy-Efficient Robotics;


A. M. Burkov
Sberbank, Robotics Laboratory;


S. A. Kolyubin
ITMO University, Saint Petersburg, 197101, Russian Federation; Associate Professor


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Abstract. The problem of improving the accuracy and robustness of simultaneous localization and mapping methods using numerical optimization with constraints is considered. The proposed solution is based on a modification of the ORB-SLAM3 algorithm, which takes into account the peculiarities of the kinematics of ground robots and uses the complexing of visual and wheel odometry data, bundle adjustment for setting parameters that comprehensively characterize the state of the visual sensor, as well as the loop closure algorithm to correct the map. Results of the approach approbation with an OpenLoris dataset demonstrate that for several scenarios the proposed solution is significantly superior in accuracy and robustness to the ORB-SLAM3 algorithm.
Keywords: mobile robots, localization, optimization, odometry

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