Incremental robot mapping with fingerprints of places

A. Tapus, R. Siegwart
2005 2005 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems  
Even today, robot mapping is one of the biggest challenges in mobile robotics. Geometric or topological maps can be used by a robot to navigate in the environment. Automatic creation of such maps is still problematic if the robot tries to map large environments. This paper presents a new method for incremental mapping using fingerprints of places. This type of representation permits a reliable, compact, and distinctive environment-modeling and makes navigation and localization easier for the
more » ... ot. Experimental results for incremental mapping using a mobile robot equipped with a multi-sensor system composed of two 180° laser range finders and an omni-directional camera are also reported.
doi:10.1109/iros.2005.1544977 dblp:conf/iros/TapusS05 fatcat:nqqjghlrkfa6lapk33ht6yl52a