Where Am I Now? Dynamically Finding Optimal Sensor States to Minimize Localization Uncertainty for a Perception-Denied Rover

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2211.16721v2
• Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2023 14:21:58 GMT
• Title: Where Am I Now? Dynamically Finding Optimal Sensor States to Minimize Localization Uncertainty for a Perception-Denied Rover
• Authors: Troi Williams, Po-Lun Chen, Sparsh Bhogavilli, Vaibhav Sanjay, Pratap Tokekar
• Abstract summary: A perception-denied rover relies on position and uncertainty measurements from a viewer robot to localize itself along an obstacle-filled path. We consider the scenario where a perception-denied rover relies on position and uncertainty measurements from a viewer robot to localize itself along an obstacle-filled path. To find an optimal sensor state that minimizes the rover's localization uncertainty, DyFOS uses a localization uncertainty prediction pipeline in an optimization search.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: We present DyFOS, an active perception method that dynamically finds optimal states to minimize localization uncertainty while avoiding obstacles and occlusions. We consider the scenario where a perception-denied rover relies on position and uncertainty measurements from a viewer robot to localize itself along an obstacle-filled path. The position uncertainty from the viewer's sensor is a function of the states of the sensor itself, the rover, and the surrounding environment. To find an optimal sensor state that minimizes the rover's localization uncertainty, DyFOS uses a localization uncertainty prediction pipeline in an optimization search. Given numerous samples of the states mentioned above, the pipeline predicts the rover's localization uncertainty with the help of a trained, complex state-dependent sensor measurement model (a probabilistic neural network). Our pipeline also predicts occlusion and obstacle collision to remove undesirable viewer states and reduce unnecessary computations. We evaluate the proposed method numerically and in simulation. Our results show that DyFOS is faster than brute force yet performs on par. DyFOS also yielded lower localization uncertainties than faster random and heuristic-based searches.

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