Underwater inspection using sonar-based volumetric submaps

We propose a submap-based technique for mapping of underwater structures with complex geometries. Our approach relies on the use of probabilistic volumetric techniques to create submaps from multibeam sonar scans, as these offer increased outlier robustness. Special attention is paid to the problem...

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Main Authors: Kaess, Michael, Hover, Franz S, Leonard, John J, Teixeira, Pedro V.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107464
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2621-7633
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8863-6550