Stochastic simulation in surface reconstruction and application to 3D mapping

Publication Type:
Conference Proceeding
Citation:
Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2002, 2 pp. 1765 - 1770
Issue Date:
2002-01-01
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Three dimensional terrain maps are useful representations of environments for various robotic applications. Unfortunately, sensor data (from which such maps are built) is uncertain and contains errors which are usually not accounted for in existing terrain building algorithms. In real-time applications, it is necessary to quantify these uncertainties to allow map construction decisions to be made online. This paper addresses this issue by providing a representation that explicitly accounts for sensing uncertainty. This is achieved through the use of stochastic simulation techniques. The result is in an algorithm for online 3D multi-resolution surface reconstruction of unknown, and unstructured environments. Results of the surface reconstruction algorithm in a real environment are presented.
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