TY - GEN
T1 - Determining the robot-to-robot 3D relative pose using combinations of range and bearing measurements
T2 - 23rd IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2010
AU - Zhou, Xun S.
AU - Roumeliotis, Stergios I.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In this paper, we address the problem of motion-induced 3D extrinsic calibration based on different combinations of inter-robot measurements (i.e., distance and/or bearing observations from either or both of the two robots, recorded across multiple time steps) and ego-motion estimates. In particular, we focus on solving minimal problems where the unknown 6-degree-of-freedom transformation between the two robots is determined based on the minimum number of measurements necessary for finding a discrete set of, in general, multiple solutions. In order to address the very large number of possible combinations of inter-robot observations, we identify symmetries in these problems and use them to prove that any of the possible extrinsic robot-to-robot calibration problems can be solved based on the solution of only 14 (base) minimal problems. Finally, we derive analytical solutions to three of these base problems, and evaluate their performance through extensive simulations.
AB - In this paper, we address the problem of motion-induced 3D extrinsic calibration based on different combinations of inter-robot measurements (i.e., distance and/or bearing observations from either or both of the two robots, recorded across multiple time steps) and ego-motion estimates. In particular, we focus on solving minimal problems where the unknown 6-degree-of-freedom transformation between the two robots is determined based on the minimum number of measurements necessary for finding a discrete set of, in general, multiple solutions. In order to address the very large number of possible combinations of inter-robot observations, we identify symmetries in these problems and use them to prove that any of the possible extrinsic robot-to-robot calibration problems can be solved based on the solution of only 14 (base) minimal problems. Finally, we derive analytical solutions to three of these base problems, and evaluate their performance through extensive simulations.
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U2 - 10.1109/IROS.2010.5654476
DO - 10.1109/IROS.2010.5654476
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78651477520
SN - 9781424466757
T3 - IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2010 - Conference Proceedings
SP - 2983
EP - 2990
BT - IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2010 - Conference Proceedings
Y2 - 18 October 2010 through 22 October 2010
ER -