Title :
Improved vehicle based multibeam bathymetry using sub-maps and SLAM
Author :
Roman, Chris ; Singh, Hanumant
Author_Institution :
MIT/WHQI Joint Program in Appl. Ocean Sci. & Eng., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents an algorithm to improve sub-sea acoustic multibeam bottom mapping based on the simultaneous mapping and localization (SLAM) methodology. Multibeam bathymetry from underwater water vehicles can yield valuable large scale terrain maps of the sea door, but the overall accuracy of these maps is typically limited by the accuracy of the vehicle position estimates. The solution presented here uses small bathymetric patches created over short time scales in a sub-mapping context. These patches are registered with respect to one another and assembled in a single coordinate frame to produce a more accurate terrain estimate and provide improved renavigation of the vehicle trajectory. The mapping is implemented using a delayed state extended Kalman filter (EKF) and results are shown for a real world multibeam data set collected at the mid-Atlantic ridge using the JASON ROV.
Keywords :
Kalman filters; bathymetry; mobile robots; position control; terrain mapping; underwater vehicles; JASON ROV; SLAM; acoustic mapping; extended Kalman filter; localization; mid-Atlantic ridge; simultaneous mapping; sub-sea acoustic multibeam bottom mapping; terrain estimation; underwater water vehicles; vehicle based multibeam bathymetry; vehicle position estimation; vehicle trajectory; Assembly; Delay; Large-scale systems; Marine vehicles; Remotely operated vehicles; Simultaneous localization and mapping; Terrain mapping; Underwater acoustics; Underwater vehicles; Yield estimation; SLAM; acoustic mapping; bathymetry; multibeam;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2005. (IROS 2005). 2005 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8912-3
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.2005.1545340