MR-ULINS: A Tightly-Coupled UWB-LiDAR-Inertial Estimator with Multi-Epoch Outlier Rejection

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Auteurs principaux: Zhang, Tisheng, Yuan, Man, Wei, Linfu, Wang, Yan, Tang, Hailiang, Niu, Xiaoji
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author Zhang, Tisheng
Yuan, Man
Wei, Linfu
Wang, Yan
Tang, Hailiang
Niu, Xiaoji
author_facet Zhang, Tisheng
Yuan, Man
Wei, Linfu
Wang, Yan
Tang, Hailiang
Niu, Xiaoji
contents The LiDAR-inertial odometry (LIO) and the ultra-wideband (UWB) have been integrated together to achieve driftless positioning in global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-denied environments. However, the UWB may be affected by systematic range errors (such as the clock drift and the antenna phase center offset) and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) signals, resulting in reduced robustness. In this study, we propose a UWB-LiDAR-inertial estimator (MR-ULINS) that tightly integrates the UWB range, LiDAR frame-to-frame, and IMU measurements within the multi-state constraint Kalman filter (MSCKF) framework. The systematic range errors are precisely modeled to be estimated and compensated online. Besides, we propose a multi-epoch outlier rejection algorithm for UWB NLOS by utilizing the relative accuracy of the LIO. Specifically, the relative trajectory of the LIO is employed to verify the consistency of all range measurements within the sliding window. Extensive experiment results demonstrate that MR-ULINS achieves a positioning accuracy of around 0.1 m in complex indoor environments with severe NLOS interference. Ablation experiments show that the online estimation and multi-epoch outlier rejection can effectively improve the positioning accuracy. Besides, MR-ULINS maintains high accuracy and robustness in LiDAR-degenerated scenes and UWB-challenging conditions with spare base stations.
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spellingShingle MR-ULINS: A Tightly-Coupled UWB-LiDAR-Inertial Estimator with Multi-Epoch Outlier Rejection
Zhang, Tisheng
Yuan, Man
Wei, Linfu
Wang, Yan
Tang, Hailiang
Niu, Xiaoji
Robotics
Signal Processing
The LiDAR-inertial odometry (LIO) and the ultra-wideband (UWB) have been integrated together to achieve driftless positioning in global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-denied environments. However, the UWB may be affected by systematic range errors (such as the clock drift and the antenna phase center offset) and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) signals, resulting in reduced robustness. In this study, we propose a UWB-LiDAR-inertial estimator (MR-ULINS) that tightly integrates the UWB range, LiDAR frame-to-frame, and IMU measurements within the multi-state constraint Kalman filter (MSCKF) framework. The systematic range errors are precisely modeled to be estimated and compensated online. Besides, we propose a multi-epoch outlier rejection algorithm for UWB NLOS by utilizing the relative accuracy of the LIO. Specifically, the relative trajectory of the LIO is employed to verify the consistency of all range measurements within the sliding window. Extensive experiment results demonstrate that MR-ULINS achieves a positioning accuracy of around 0.1 m in complex indoor environments with severe NLOS interference. Ablation experiments show that the online estimation and multi-epoch outlier rejection can effectively improve the positioning accuracy. Besides, MR-ULINS maintains high accuracy and robustness in LiDAR-degenerated scenes and UWB-challenging conditions with spare base stations.
title MR-ULINS: A Tightly-Coupled UWB-LiDAR-Inertial Estimator with Multi-Epoch Outlier Rejection
topic Robotics
Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.05719