Active Semantic Mapping with Mobile Manipulator in Horticultural Environments
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| author | Cuaran, Jose Ahluwalia, Kulbir Singh Koe, Kendall Uppalapati, Naveen Kumar Chowdhary, Girish |
| author_facet | Cuaran, Jose Ahluwalia, Kulbir Singh Koe, Kendall Uppalapati, Naveen Kumar Chowdhary, Girish |
| contents | Semantic maps are fundamental for robotics tasks such as navigation and manipulation. They also enable yield prediction and phenotyping in agricultural settings. In this paper, we introduce an efficient and scalable approach for active semantic mapping in horticultural environments, employing a mobile robot manipulator equipped with an RGB-D camera. Our method leverages probabilistic semantic maps to detect semantic targets, generate candidate viewpoints, and compute corresponding information gain. We present an efficient ray-casting strategy and a novel information utility function that accounts for both semantics and occlusions. The proposed approach reduces total runtime by 8% compared to previous baselines. Furthermore, our information metric surpasses other metrics in reducing multi-class entropy and improving surface coverage, particularly in the presence of segmentation noise. Real-world experiments validate our method's effectiveness but also reveal challenges such as depth sensor noise and varying environmental conditions, requiring further research. |
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| spellingShingle | Active Semantic Mapping with Mobile Manipulator in Horticultural Environments Cuaran, Jose Ahluwalia, Kulbir Singh Koe, Kendall Uppalapati, Naveen Kumar Chowdhary, Girish Robotics Semantic maps are fundamental for robotics tasks such as navigation and manipulation. They also enable yield prediction and phenotyping in agricultural settings. In this paper, we introduce an efficient and scalable approach for active semantic mapping in horticultural environments, employing a mobile robot manipulator equipped with an RGB-D camera. Our method leverages probabilistic semantic maps to detect semantic targets, generate candidate viewpoints, and compute corresponding information gain. We present an efficient ray-casting strategy and a novel information utility function that accounts for both semantics and occlusions. The proposed approach reduces total runtime by 8% compared to previous baselines. Furthermore, our information metric surpasses other metrics in reducing multi-class entropy and improving surface coverage, particularly in the presence of segmentation noise. Real-world experiments validate our method's effectiveness but also reveal challenges such as depth sensor noise and varying environmental conditions, requiring further research. |
| title | Active Semantic Mapping with Mobile Manipulator in Horticultural Environments |
| topic | Robotics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.10515 |