Affiliation:
1. Mechanical and Electrical Engineering College, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
Abstract
Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) in rubber plantations is a challenging task for rubber-tapping robots. Due to the long-term stability of tree trunks in rubber plantations, a SLAM system based on semantic segmentation, called Se-LOAM, is proposed in this work. The 3D lidar point cloud datasets of trunks collected in rubber plantations of Hainan University are used to train the semantic model, and the model is used to extract features of trunk point clouds. After clustering the trunk point clouds, each single rubber tree instance is segmented based on the Viterbi algorithm. The point clouds of tree instances are fitted to the cylindrical trunk models for semantic cluster association and positional estimation, which are used for lidar odometry and mapping. The experimental results show that the present SLAM system is accurate in establishing online mapping, and the location of the trunk in the map is clearer. Specifically, the average relative pose error is 0.02 m, which is better than the positioning performance of LOAM and LeGO-LOAM. The average error of estimating the diameter at breast height (DBH) is 0.57 cm, and it only takes 401.4 kB to store a map of the area of approximately 500 m2, which is about 10% less than other classic methods. Therefore, Se-LOAM can meet the requirements of online mapping, providing a robust SLAM method for rubber-tapping robots.
Funder
Key technology research and demonstration of intelligent copying advanced rubber-tapping machine
International Scientific and Technological Cooperation R&D Project in Hainan Province
Key Research and Development Project of Hainan Province
National Modern Agricultural Industry Technology System Post Scientist Project
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