A 4D imaging radar SLAM system for large-scale environments based on pose graph optimization

LiDAR-based SLAM may easily fail in adverse weathers (e.g., rain, snow, smoke, fog), while mmWave Radar remains unaffected. However, current researches are primarily focused on 2D (x,y) or 3D (x,y,doppler) Radar and 3D LiDAR (x,y,z), while limited work can be found for 4D Radar (x,y,z,doppler). As a...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zhuge, Huayang
Other Authors: Wang Dan Wei
Format: Thesis-Master by Coursework
Language:English
Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
Subjects:
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165315
_version_ 1824455281413718016
author Zhuge, Huayang
author2 Wang Dan Wei
author_facet Wang Dan Wei
Zhuge, Huayang
author_sort Zhuge, Huayang
collection NTU
description LiDAR-based SLAM may easily fail in adverse weathers (e.g., rain, snow, smoke, fog), while mmWave Radar remains unaffected. However, current researches are primarily focused on 2D (x,y) or 3D (x,y,doppler) Radar and 3D LiDAR (x,y,z), while limited work can be found for 4D Radar (x,y,z,doppler). As a new entrant to the market with unique characteristics, 4D Radar outputs 3D point cloud with added elevation information, rather than 2D point cloud; compared with 3D LiDAR, 4D Radar has noisier and sparser point cloud, making it more challenging to extract geometric features (edge and plane). This work proposes a full system for 4D Radar SLAM consisting of three modules: 1) Front-end module performs scan-to-scan matching to calculate the odometry based on GICP, considering the probability distribution of each point; 2) Loop detection utilizes multiple rule-based loop pre-filtering steps, followed by an intensity scan context step to identify loop candidates, and odometry check to reject false loop; 3) Back-end builds a pose graph using front-end odometry, loop closure, and optional GPS data. Optimal pose is achieved through g2o. Real experiments were conducted on two platforms and five datasets (ranging from 240m to 4.8km) and will make the code open-source to promote further research at: https://github.com/zhuge2333/4DRadarSLAM
first_indexed 2025-02-19T03:35:43Z
format Thesis-Master by Coursework
id ntu-10356/165315
institution Nanyang Technological University
language English
last_indexed 2025-02-19T03:35:43Z
publishDate 2023
publisher Nanyang Technological University
record_format dspace
spelling ntu-10356/1653152023-07-04T16:23:17Z A 4D imaging radar SLAM system for large-scale environments based on pose graph optimization Zhuge, Huayang Wang Dan Wei School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering EDWWANG@ntu.edu.sg Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Control and instrumentation::Robotics LiDAR-based SLAM may easily fail in adverse weathers (e.g., rain, snow, smoke, fog), while mmWave Radar remains unaffected. However, current researches are primarily focused on 2D (x,y) or 3D (x,y,doppler) Radar and 3D LiDAR (x,y,z), while limited work can be found for 4D Radar (x,y,z,doppler). As a new entrant to the market with unique characteristics, 4D Radar outputs 3D point cloud with added elevation information, rather than 2D point cloud; compared with 3D LiDAR, 4D Radar has noisier and sparser point cloud, making it more challenging to extract geometric features (edge and plane). This work proposes a full system for 4D Radar SLAM consisting of three modules: 1) Front-end module performs scan-to-scan matching to calculate the odometry based on GICP, considering the probability distribution of each point; 2) Loop detection utilizes multiple rule-based loop pre-filtering steps, followed by an intensity scan context step to identify loop candidates, and odometry check to reject false loop; 3) Back-end builds a pose graph using front-end odometry, loop closure, and optional GPS data. Optimal pose is achieved through g2o. Real experiments were conducted on two platforms and five datasets (ranging from 240m to 4.8km) and will make the code open-source to promote further research at: https://github.com/zhuge2333/4DRadarSLAM Master of Science (Computer Control and Automation) 2023-03-24T00:02:59Z 2023-03-24T00:02:59Z 2023 Thesis-Master by Coursework Zhuge, H. (2023). A 4D imaging radar SLAM system for large-scale environments based on pose graph optimization. Master's thesis, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165315 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165315 en D-255-21221-03326 application/pdf Nanyang Technological University
spellingShingle Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Control and instrumentation::Robotics
Zhuge, Huayang
A 4D imaging radar SLAM system for large-scale environments based on pose graph optimization
title A 4D imaging radar SLAM system for large-scale environments based on pose graph optimization
title_full A 4D imaging radar SLAM system for large-scale environments based on pose graph optimization
title_fullStr A 4D imaging radar SLAM system for large-scale environments based on pose graph optimization
title_full_unstemmed A 4D imaging radar SLAM system for large-scale environments based on pose graph optimization
title_short A 4D imaging radar SLAM system for large-scale environments based on pose graph optimization
title_sort 4d imaging radar slam system for large scale environments based on pose graph optimization
topic Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Control and instrumentation::Robotics
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165315
work_keys_str_mv AT zhugehuayang a4dimagingradarslamsystemforlargescaleenvironmentsbasedonposegraphoptimization
AT zhugehuayang 4dimagingradarslamsystemforlargescaleenvironmentsbasedonposegraphoptimization