Mobile robot localization with gyroscope and constrained Kalman filter

Autor: Ki-Wan Choi, Hyun Myung, Hyoung-Ki Lee, Seok-Won Bang
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems. 8:667-676
ISSN: 2005-4092
1598-6446
DOI: 10.1007/s12555-010-0321-6
Popis: The odometry information used in mobile robot localization can contain a significant number of errors when robot experiences slippage. To offset the presence of these errors, the use of a low-cost gyroscope in conjunction with Kalman filtering methods has been considered by many researchers. However, results from conventional Kalman filtering methods that use a gyroscope with odometry can unfeasible because the parameters are estimated regardless of the physical constraints of the robot. In this paper, a novel constrained Kalman filtering method is proposed that estimates the parameters under the physical constraints using a general constrained optimization technique. The state observability is improved by additional state variables and the accuracy is also improved through the use of a nonapproximated Kalman filter design. Experimental results show that the proposed method effectively offsets the localization error while yielding feasible parameter estimation.
Databáze: OpenAIRE