Gaussian Kernel Posterior Elimination for Fast Look-Ahead Rao-Blackwellised Particle Filtering for SLAM

Abstract:

In this paper, we explore a method for posterior elimination for fast computation of the look-ahead Rao-Blackwellised Particle Filtering (Fast la-RBPF) algorithm for the simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) problem in the probabilistic robotics framework. In the case when a lot of SLAM states need to be estimated, large posterior states associated with the correct state may be outnumbered by multiple non-zero smaller posteriors. We show that by masking the low posterior weight states with a Gaussian kernel prior to weight selection the accuracy of the la-RBPF SLAM algorithm can be improved. Simulation results reveal that integrated with the proposed method the fast la-RBPF SLAM performance is enhanced over both the existing RBPF SLAM and the unmodified la-RBPF SLAM algorithms.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 781)
• Pages: 555-558
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.781.555
• Online since: August 2015
• Authors: Surasak Nasuriwong, Peerapol Yuwapoositanon*
• Keywords: Look-Ahead Rao-Blackwellised Particle Filter, Probabilistic Robotics, SLAM

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