Heuristic EPnP-Based Pose Estimation for Underground Machine Tracking

Autor: Lingling Su, Xianhua Zheng, Yongshi Song, Ge Liu, Nana Chen, Shang Feng, Lin Zhang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Symmetry, Vol 14, Iss 2, p 385 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2073-8994
DOI: 10.3390/sym14020385
Popis: Pose estimation is one of the most complicated and compromising problems for underground mining machine tracking, and it is particularly important for hydraulic support autonomous following mining machine (AFM) policy-making system. In this paper, a low-cost infrared vision-based system through an Efficient Perspective-n-Point (EPnP) algorithm is proposed. To improve efficiency and simplify computation, a traditional EPnP algorithm is modified through a nature-inspired heuristic optimization algorithm. The optimized algorithm is integrated into the AFM policy-making system to estimate the relative pose (R-Pose) estimation between hydraulic support and the mining machine’s shearer drum. Simple yet effective numerical simulations and industrial experiments were carried out to validate the proposed method. The pose estimation error was ≤1% under normal lighting and illuminance, and ≤2% in a simulated underground environment, which was accurate enough to meet the needs of practical applications. Both numerical simulation and industrial experiment proved the superiority of the approach.
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