A Single-Step Maximum a Posteriori Update for Bearing-Only SLAM

Abstract

This paper presents a novel recursive maximum a posteriori update for the Kalman formulation of undelayed bearing-only SLAM. The estimation update step is cast as an optimization problem for which we can prove the global minimum is reachable via a bidirectional search using Gauss-Newton's method along a one-dimensional manifold. While the filter is designed for mapping just one landmark, it is easily extended to full-scale multiple-landmark SLAM. We provide this extension via a formulation of bearing-only FastSLAM. With experiments, we demonstrate accurate and convergent estimation in situations where an EKF solution would diverge.

Cite

Text

Tully et al. "A Single-Step Maximum a Posteriori Update for Bearing-Only SLAM." AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2010. doi:10.1609/AAAI.V24I1.7736

Markdown

[Tully et al. "A Single-Step Maximum a Posteriori Update for Bearing-Only SLAM." AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2010.](https://mlanthology.org/aaai/2010/tully2010aaai-single/) doi:10.1609/AAAI.V24I1.7736

BibTeX

@inproceedings{tully2010aaai-single,
  title     = {{A Single-Step Maximum a Posteriori Update for Bearing-Only SLAM}},
  author    = {Tully, Stephen and Kantor, George and Choset, Howie},
  booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence},
  year      = {2010},
  pages     = {1252-1257},
  doi       = {10.1609/AAAI.V24I1.7736},
  url       = {https://mlanthology.org/aaai/2010/tully2010aaai-single/}
}