ROVER: A Multi-Season Dataset for Visual SLAM

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.02506v1
• Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 15:34:00 GMT
• Title: ROVER: A Multi-Season Dataset for Visual SLAM
• Authors: Fabian Schmidt, Constantin Blessing, Markus Enzweiler, Abhinav Valada,
• Abstract summary: ROVER is a benchmark dataset tailored for evaluating visual SLAM algorithms under diverse environmental conditions.<n>It covers 39 recordings across five outdoor locations, collected through all seasons and various lighting scenarios.<n>Results demonstrate that while stereo-inertial and RGB-D configurations generally perform better under favorable lighting and moderate vegetation, most SLAM systems perform poorly in low-light and high-vegetation scenarios.
• Score: 8.711135744156564
• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Robust Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is a crucial enabler for autonomous navigation in natural, unstructured environments such as parks and gardens. However, these environments present unique challenges for SLAM due to frequent seasonal changes, varying light conditions, and dense vegetation. These factors often degrade the performance of visual SLAM algorithms originally developed for structured urban environments. To address this gap, we present ROVER, a comprehensive benchmark dataset tailored for evaluating visual SLAM algorithms under diverse environmental conditions and spatial configurations. We captured the dataset with a robotic platform equipped with monocular, stereo, and RGB-D cameras, as well as inertial sensors. It covers 39 recordings across five outdoor locations, collected through all seasons and various lighting scenarios, i.e., day, dusk, and night with and without external lighting. With this novel dataset, we evaluate several traditional and deep learning-based SLAM methods and study their performance in diverse challenging conditions. The results demonstrate that while stereo-inertial and RGB-D configurations generally perform better under favorable lighting and moderate vegetation, most SLAM systems perform poorly in low-light and high-vegetation scenarios, particularly during summer and autumn. Our analysis highlights the need for improved adaptability in visual SLAM algorithms for outdoor applications, as current systems struggle with dynamic environmental factors affecting scale, feature extraction, and trajectory consistency. This dataset provides a solid foundation for advancing visual SLAM research in real-world, natural environments, fostering the development of more resilient SLAM systems for long-term outdoor localization and mapping. The dataset and the code of the benchmark are available under https://iis-esslingen.github.io/rover.

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