Predicting Obstacle Footprints from 2D Occupancy Maps by Learning from Physical Interactions

Marina Kollmitz,Daniel Büscher,Wolfram Burgard,Marina Kollmitz,Daniel Büscher,Wolfram Burgard

Horizontally scanning 2D laser rangefinders are a popular approach for indoor robot localization because of the high accuracy of the sensors and the compactness of the required 2D maps. As the scanners in this configuration only provide information about one slice of the environment, the measurements typically do not capture the full extent of a large variety of obstacles, including chairs or tabl...