title: Action selection for single-camera SLAM.
abstract: A method for evaluating, at video rate, the quality of actions for a single camera while mapping unknown indoor environments is presented. The strategy maximizes mutual information between measurements and states to help the camera avoid making ill-conditioned measurements that are appropriate to lack of depth in monocular vision systems. Our system prompts a user with the appropriate motion commands during 6-DOF visual simultaneous localization and mapping with a handheld camera. Additionally, the system has been ported to a mobile robotic platform, thus closing the control-estimation loop. To show the viability of the approach, simulations and experiments are presented for the unconstrained motion of a handheld camera and for the motion of a mobile robot with nonholonomic constraints. When combined with a path planner, the technique safely drives to a marked goal while, at the same time, producing an optimal estimated map.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial, CSIC-UPC, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Teresa A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Vidal-Calleja
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanfeliu
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Andrade-Cetto
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods*; D010781:Photography / Q000379:methods*; D012371:Robotics / Q000379:methods*