Map As the Hidden Sensor: Fast Odometry-Based Global Localization

Cheng Peng,David Weikersdorfer,Cheng Peng,David Weikersdorfer

Accurate and robust global localization is essential to robotics applications. We propose a novel global localization method that employs the map traversability as a hidden observation. The resulting map-corrected odometry localization is able to provide an accurate belief tensor of the robot state. Our method can be used for blind robots in dark or highly reflective areas. In contrast to odometry...