A Split & Merge Approach to Metric-Topological Map-Building

  • We present a novel split and merge based method for dividing a given metric map into distinct regions, thus effectively creating a topological map on top of a metric one. The initial metric map is obtained from range data that are converted to a geometric map consisting of linear approximations of the indoor environment. The splitting is done using an objective function that computes the quality of a region, based on criteria such as the average region width (to distinguish big rooms from corridors) and overall direction (which accounts for sharp bends). A regularization term is used in order to avoid the formation of very small regions, which may originate from missing or unreliable sensor data. Experiments based on data acquired by a mobile robot equipped with sonar sensors are presented, which demonstrate the capabilities of the proposed method.

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Author:Jochen SchmidtORCiD, C.K. Wong, W.K. Yeap
Parent Title (English):International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), volume 3, pages 1069-1072, Hong Kong
Document Type:Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Publication Year:2006
Tag:Metric-Topological Map-Building; Pattern Recognition
faculties / departments:Fakultät für Informatik
Dewey Decimal Classification:0 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke / 00 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme / 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke