CELLmap: Enhancing LiDAR SLAM through Elastic and Lightweight Spherical Map Representation

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Main Authors: Duan, Yifan, Zhang, Xinran, Li, Yao, You, Guoliang, Chu, Xiaomeng, Ji, Jianmin, Zhang, Yanyong
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author Duan, Yifan
Zhang, Xinran
Li, Yao
You, Guoliang
Chu, Xiaomeng
Ji, Jianmin
Zhang, Yanyong
author_facet Duan, Yifan
Zhang, Xinran
Li, Yao
You, Guoliang
Chu, Xiaomeng
Ji, Jianmin
Zhang, Yanyong
contents SLAM is a fundamental capability of unmanned systems, with LiDAR-based SLAM gaining widespread adoption due to its high precision. Current SLAM systems can achieve centimeter-level accuracy within a short period. However, there are still several challenges when dealing with largescale mapping tasks including significant storage requirements and difficulty of reusing the constructed maps. To address this, we first design an elastic and lightweight map representation called CELLmap, composed of several CELLs, each representing the local map at the corresponding location. Then, we design a general backend including CELL-based bidirectional registration module and loop closure detection module to improve global map consistency. Our experiments have demonstrated that CELLmap can represent the precise geometric structure of large-scale maps of KITTI dataset using only about 60 MB. Additionally, our general backend achieves up to a 26.88% improvement over various LiDAR odometry methods.
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spellingShingle CELLmap: Enhancing LiDAR SLAM through Elastic and Lightweight Spherical Map Representation
Duan, Yifan
Zhang, Xinran
Li, Yao
You, Guoliang
Chu, Xiaomeng
Ji, Jianmin
Zhang, Yanyong
Robotics
SLAM is a fundamental capability of unmanned systems, with LiDAR-based SLAM gaining widespread adoption due to its high precision. Current SLAM systems can achieve centimeter-level accuracy within a short period. However, there are still several challenges when dealing with largescale mapping tasks including significant storage requirements and difficulty of reusing the constructed maps. To address this, we first design an elastic and lightweight map representation called CELLmap, composed of several CELLs, each representing the local map at the corresponding location. Then, we design a general backend including CELL-based bidirectional registration module and loop closure detection module to improve global map consistency. Our experiments have demonstrated that CELLmap can represent the precise geometric structure of large-scale maps of KITTI dataset using only about 60 MB. Additionally, our general backend achieves up to a 26.88% improvement over various LiDAR odometry methods.
title CELLmap: Enhancing LiDAR SLAM through Elastic and Lightweight Spherical Map Representation
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.19597