Localization Meets Uncertainty: Uncertainty-Aware Multi-Modal Localization

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2504.07677v2
• Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:34:10 GMT
• Title: Localization Meets Uncertainty: Uncertainty-Aware Multi-Modal Localization
• Authors: Hye-Min Won, Jieun Lee, Jiyong Oh,
• Abstract summary: This study introduces a percentile-based rejection strategy that filters out unreliable 3-DoF pose predictions.<n> Experimental results show that applying stricter uncertainty thresholds consistently improves pose accuracy.
• Score: 5.414146574747448
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Reliable localization is critical for robot navigation in complex indoor environments. In this paper, we propose an uncertainty-aware localization method that enhances the reliability of localization outputs without modifying the prediction model itself. This study introduces a percentile-based rejection strategy that filters out unreliable 3-DoF pose predictions based on aleatoric and epistemic uncertainties the network estimates. We apply this approach to a multi-modal end-to-end localization that fuses RGB images and 2D LiDAR data, and we evaluate it across three real-world datasets collected using a commercialized serving robot. Experimental results show that applying stricter uncertainty thresholds consistently improves pose accuracy. Specifically, the mean position error is reduced by 41.0%, 56.7%, and 69.4%, and the mean orientation error by 55.6%, 65.7%, and 73.3%, when applying 90%, 80%, and 70% thresholds, respectively. Furthermore, the rejection strategy effectively removes extreme outliers, resulting in better alignment with ground truth trajectories. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to quantitatively demonstrate the benefits of percentile-based uncertainty rejection in multi-modal end-to-end localization tasks. Our approach provides a practical means to enhance the reliability and accuracy of localization systems in real-world deployments.

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