Uncertainty-Driven Radar-Inertial Fusion for Instantaneous 3D Ego-Velocity Estimation

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Main Authors: Rai, Prashant Kumar, Kowsari, Elham, Strokina, Nataliya, Ghabcheloo, Reza
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Published: 2025
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author Rai, Prashant Kumar
Kowsari, Elham
Strokina, Nataliya
Ghabcheloo, Reza
author_facet Rai, Prashant Kumar
Kowsari, Elham
Strokina, Nataliya
Ghabcheloo, Reza
contents We present a method for estimating ego-velocity in autonomous navigation by integrating high-resolution imaging radar with an inertial measurement unit. The proposed approach addresses the limitations of traditional radar-based ego-motion estimation techniques by employing a neural network to process complex-valued raw radar data and estimate instantaneous linear ego-velocity along with its associated uncertainty. This uncertainty-aware velocity estimate is then integrated with inertial measurement unit data using an Extended Kalman Filter. The filter leverages the network-predicted uncertainty to refine the inertial sensor's noise and bias parameters, improving the overall robustness and accuracy of the ego-motion estimation. We evaluated the proposed method on the publicly available ColoRadar dataset. Our approach achieves significantly lower error compared to the closest publicly available method and also outperforms both instantaneous and scan matching-based techniques.
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spellingShingle Uncertainty-Driven Radar-Inertial Fusion for Instantaneous 3D Ego-Velocity Estimation
Rai, Prashant Kumar
Kowsari, Elham
Strokina, Nataliya
Ghabcheloo, Reza
Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Signal Processing
We present a method for estimating ego-velocity in autonomous navigation by integrating high-resolution imaging radar with an inertial measurement unit. The proposed approach addresses the limitations of traditional radar-based ego-motion estimation techniques by employing a neural network to process complex-valued raw radar data and estimate instantaneous linear ego-velocity along with its associated uncertainty. This uncertainty-aware velocity estimate is then integrated with inertial measurement unit data using an Extended Kalman Filter. The filter leverages the network-predicted uncertainty to refine the inertial sensor's noise and bias parameters, improving the overall robustness and accuracy of the ego-motion estimation. We evaluated the proposed method on the publicly available ColoRadar dataset. Our approach achieves significantly lower error compared to the closest publicly available method and also outperforms both instantaneous and scan matching-based techniques.
title Uncertainty-Driven Radar-Inertial Fusion for Instantaneous 3D Ego-Velocity Estimation
topic Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14294