Robust Self-Tuning Data Association for Geo-Referencing Using Lane Markings

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters + 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

Miguel Ángel Muñoz-Bañón1, Jan-Hendrik Pauls2, Haohao Hu2, Christoph Stiller2,
Francisco A. Candelas1, Fernando Torres1
1. Group of Automation, Robotics and Computer Vision (AUROVA) - University of Alicante 2. Institute of Measurement and Control Systems (MRT) - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Pipeline
Bertha-one
Session 03

(Left) Pipeline: The blocks below the red line are dedicated to outlier mitigation. - (Center) Bertha-one car, used for the experiments - (Right) Trajectory drove for experiment 03 (Karlsruhe)

Trajectory for experiment 03 through Karlsruhe

Paper Abstract

Localization in aerial imagery-based maps offers many advantages, such as global consistency, geo-referenced maps, and the availability of publicly accessible data. However, the landmarks that can be observed from both aerial imagery and on-board sensors is limited. This leads to ambiguities or aliasing during the data association. Building upon a highly informative representation (that allows efficient data association), this paper presents a complete pipeline for resolving these ambiguities. Its core is a robust self-tuning data association that adapts the search area depending on a pseudo-entropy of the measurements. Additionally, to smooth the final result, we adjust the information matrix for the associated data as a function of the relative transform produced by the data association process. We evaluate our method on real data from urban and rural scenarios around the city of Karlsruhe in Germany. We compare state-of-the-art outlier mitigation methods with our self-tuning approach, demonstrating a considerable improvement, especially for outer-urban scenarios.

BibTeX


        @article{munoz2022robust,
          title={Robust Self-Tuning Data Association for Geo-Referencing Using Lane Markings},
          author={Muñoz-Bañón, Miguel Ángel and Pauls, Jan-Hendrik and Hu, Haohao and Stiller, Christoph and Candelas, Francisco A. and Torres, Fernando},
          journal={IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
          volume={7},
          number={4},
          pages={12339--12346},
          year={2022},
          doi={10.1109/LRA.2022.3216991},
          publisher={IEEE}
        }