Semantic2D: Enabling Semantic Scene Understanding with 2D Lidar Alone

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Main Authors: Xie, Zhanteng, Pan, Yipeng, Zhang, Yinqiang, Pan, Jia, Dames, Philip
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Published: 2024
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author Xie, Zhanteng
Pan, Yipeng
Zhang, Yinqiang
Pan, Jia
Dames, Philip
author_facet Xie, Zhanteng
Pan, Yipeng
Zhang, Yinqiang
Pan, Jia
Dames, Philip
contents This article presents a complete semantic scene understanding workflow using only a single 2D lidar. This fills the gap in 2D lidar semantic segmentation, thereby enabling the rethinking and enhancement of existing 2D lidar-based algorithms for application in various mobile robot tasks. It introduces the first publicly available 2D lidar semantic segmentation dataset and the first fine-grained semantic segmentation algorithm specifically designed for 2D lidar sensors on autonomous mobile robots. To annotate this dataset, we propose a novel semi-automatic semantic labeling framework that requires minimal human effort and provides point-level semantic annotations. The data was collected by three different types of 2D lidar sensors across twelve indoor environments, featuring a range of common indoor objects. Furthermore, the proposed semantic segmentation algorithm fully exploits raw lidar information -- position, range, intensity, and incident angle -- to deliver stochastic, point-wise semantic segmentation. We present a series of semantic occupancy grid mapping experiments and demonstrate two semantically-aware navigation control policies based on 2D lidar. These results demonstrate that the proposed semantic 2D lidar dataset, semi-automatic labeling framework, and segmentation algorithm are effective and can enhance different components of the robotic navigation pipeline. Multimedia resources are available at: https://youtu.be/P1Hsvj6WUSY.
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spellingShingle Semantic2D: Enabling Semantic Scene Understanding with 2D Lidar Alone
Xie, Zhanteng
Pan, Yipeng
Zhang, Yinqiang
Pan, Jia
Dames, Philip
Robotics
This article presents a complete semantic scene understanding workflow using only a single 2D lidar. This fills the gap in 2D lidar semantic segmentation, thereby enabling the rethinking and enhancement of existing 2D lidar-based algorithms for application in various mobile robot tasks. It introduces the first publicly available 2D lidar semantic segmentation dataset and the first fine-grained semantic segmentation algorithm specifically designed for 2D lidar sensors on autonomous mobile robots. To annotate this dataset, we propose a novel semi-automatic semantic labeling framework that requires minimal human effort and provides point-level semantic annotations. The data was collected by three different types of 2D lidar sensors across twelve indoor environments, featuring a range of common indoor objects. Furthermore, the proposed semantic segmentation algorithm fully exploits raw lidar information -- position, range, intensity, and incident angle -- to deliver stochastic, point-wise semantic segmentation. We present a series of semantic occupancy grid mapping experiments and demonstrate two semantically-aware navigation control policies based on 2D lidar. These results demonstrate that the proposed semantic 2D lidar dataset, semi-automatic labeling framework, and segmentation algorithm are effective and can enhance different components of the robotic navigation pipeline. Multimedia resources are available at: https://youtu.be/P1Hsvj6WUSY.
title Semantic2D: Enabling Semantic Scene Understanding with 2D Lidar Alone
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.09899