Dynamic SLAM for Real-Time Drone Navigation and Immersion

Abstract

In many military and civilian applications that concern autonomous or semi-autonomous robots,the robots may share the same physical" space and further interact extensively with their humanusers. One of the key enabling technologies is simultaneous localization an"d mapping (SLAM). Inan existing ONR MURI program, our team has developed new theories and systems that addressthe traditional SLAM"" within the static environment. Yet, the Dynamic SLAM problem hasreceived much less attention, namely, the 3D scene is comprised of" a static environment and oneor more moving objects also within the environment. We propose to instrument a novel DynamicSLAM platform with the goal to achieve real-time dense 3D mapping and localization for rapidlymoving vehicles such as aerial drones. The reconstruction of the world geometry and the dynamicsof the moving objects within can become a part of new solutions to design new human-robotinteraction to effectively control the robot remotely through virtual/augmented reality and viahigh-level natural language and gesture interfaces. This abstract is publically releasable.

Document Details

Document Type
DoD Grant Award
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2017
Source ID
N000141712740

Entities

People

  • Sosale Sastry

Organizations

  • Office of Naval Research
  • United States Navy
  • University of California Regents

Tags

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomy
  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers