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Foundations of Robotics Seminar, May 3, 2006
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Hierarchical Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (HSLAM)

Deryck Morales

 

Time and Place

Newell Simon Hall 1507­
Refreshments 4:45 pm
Talk 5:00 pm

 

 

Abstract

 

H-SLAM is an autonomous localization and mapping strategy that scales well to large indoor environments by decomposing the work space into subregions. This is achieved using a topological graph representation and associating a high resolution local map to each graph edge. This organized collection of maps forms the Hierarchical Atlas.

In this talk I will present the H-SLAM method in the context of established mapping strategies and discuss the applications of the atlas to path planning and global localization. I will present experimental results verifying the addressed applications, and compare the computational complexity of the H-SLAM approach to other recent SLAM solutions. The most current work towards using natural landmarks will be presented, and finally, future extensions of this approach will be discussed.

 

 

Speaker Appointments

For appointments, please contact Deryck Morales (deryck@cs.cmu.edu)


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