Offline-Online Hierarchical 3D Global Relocalization With Synthetic LiDAR Sensing and Descriptor-Space Retrieval

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.07741v1
• Date: Fri, 08 May 2026 13:46:57 GMT
• Title: Offline-Online Hierarchical 3D Global Relocalization With Synthetic LiDAR Sensing and Descriptor-Space Retrieval
• Abstract summary: 3D global relocalization is one of the key capabilities for mobile robots in practical applications.<n>This paper proposes an offline-online hierarchical framework that decouples the search space.<n>The proposed method achieves an average relocalization time of 3 s and an average localization accuracy of 8 cm in 3D environments.
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• Abstract: 3D global relocalization is one of the key capabilities for mobile robots in practical applications. However, in large scale spaces, existing methods often suffer from prolonged online relocalization time due to factors such as the massive pose search space and high computational overhead. To address these issues, this paper proposes an offline-online hierarchical framework that decouples the search space. In the offline phase, candidate positions and their corresponding geometric descriptor indices are generated in the map by simulating LiDAR scans within the grid map. In the online phase, a coarse pose estimate is first obtained via global retrieval, followed by point cloud registration to output precise 6-DoF pose estimates. Real-world experiments demonstrate that the proposed method achieves an average relocalization time of 3 s and an average localization accuracy of 8 cm in 3D environments. Compared with existing global relocalization methods, the proposed method achieves an order-of-magnitude improvement in computational efficiency while delivering comparable relocalization accuracy.

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