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基于多源里程融合的井下无人驾驶自主导航SLAM方法

Autonomous navigation SLAM method for underground unmanned driving based on multi-source mileage fusion scenarios

  • 摘要: 自主导航是实现无人驾驶的关键技术基础,采用即时定位与建图(Simultaneous Localization and Mapping, 简称SLAM)技术是目前的主流解决方案。然而,在煤矿井下光照不足、巷道狭窄、粉尘干扰等恶劣环境下,基于视觉或激光雷达单一传感器的传统SLAM技术容易失效,存在适应性不强与可靠性不足的问题。面向煤矿恶劣环境与复杂工况,提出了一种基于多源里程融合的井下无人驾驶自主导航SLAM方法,并通过试验进行了验证。首先,针对自主导航的核心问题——环境重构,开展了基于多源里程融合的环境重构方法研究:利用多传感器融合SLAM算法RTAB-Map(Real-Time Appearance-Based Mapping,基于外观的实时建图)实现环境重构,并为提高其在煤矿环境下的重构精度,通过卡尔曼滤波将激光里程计、视觉里程计、轮式里程计及IMU(Inertial Measurement Unit,惯性测量单元)进行紧耦合,以更高精度的耦合结果替代RTAB-Map原位姿估计信息;随后,针对当前单点导航重复繁琐、自主性降低的问题,提出了一种新的多点导航策略:基于现有的单点导航方法,通过构建可根据时间先后存储与发布位姿信息的中间节点来实现多点导航;最后,在实验室搭建无人驾驶试验平台及模拟井下巷道场景,开展无人驾驶自主导航试验,包括环境重构试验及多点自主导航试验,结果分别表明:融合多源里程的RTAB-Map算法可实现高精度的环境重构,模拟场景地图中所测量的多处标注尺寸的最大绝对误差绝对值仅为11.9 cm;多点自主导航方法实现了无人驾驶车辆至少3个目标点的依次连续导航,避免多次重复单点导航,有效提高自主导航运行效率,且轨迹拟合最大纵向误差仅为0.25 m,最大横向误差仅为0.19 m,具有良好的导航精度。

     

    Abstract: Autonomous navigation is the key technological foundation for achieving autonomous driving, and the use of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) technology is currently the mainstream solution. However, in harsh environments such as insufficient lighting, narrow tunnels, and dust interference underground in coal mines, traditional SLAM technology based on a single sensor of vision or LiDAR is prone to failure, resulting in weak adaptability and insufficient reliability. A SLAM method for autonomous navigation of underground unmanned driving based on multi-source mileage fusion is proposed for the harsh environment and complex working conditions of coal mines, and verified through experiments. Firstly, research has been conducted on the core issue of autonomous navigation - environmental reconstruction based on multi-source mileage fusion. The multi-sensor fusion SLAM algorithm RTAB-Map (Real-Time Appearance-Based Mapping) is used to achieve environmental reconstruction, and to improve its reconstruction accuracy in coal mine environments, the laser odometer, visual odometer, wheel odometer, and IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) are tightly coupled through Kalman filtering, replacing the RTAB-Map in-situ pose estimation information with higher accuracy coupling results; Subsequently, a new multi-point navigation strategy was proposed to address the problems of repetitive and cumbersome single point navigation, as well as reduced autonomy. Based on existing single point navigation methods, multi-point navigation was achieved by constructing intermediate nodes that can store and publish pose information in chronological order; Finally, an unmanned driving test platform was set up in the laboratory and simulated underground tunnel scenes for autonomous navigation experiments, including environmental reconstruction experiments and multi-point autonomous navigation experiments. The results showed that the RTAB-Map algorithm, which integrates multiple sources of mileage, can achieve high-precision environmental reconstruction. The absolute value of the maximum absolute error for the multi measurement size of the simulated scene map is only 11.9 cm; The multi-point autonomous navigation method achieves continuous navigation of at least 3 target points for autonomous vehicles, avoiding repeated single point navigation and effectively improving the efficiency of autonomous navigation operation. The maximum longitudinal error of trajectory fitting is only 0.25 m, and the maximum lateral error is only 0.19 m, with good navigation accuracy.

     

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