Collaborative Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (CSLAM) is a critical capability for enabling multiple robots to operate in complex environments. Most CSLAM techniques rely on the transmission of low-level features for visual and LiDAR-based approaches, which are used for pose graph optimization. However, these low-level features can lead to incorrect loop closures, negatively impacting map generation.Recent approaches have proposed the use of high-level semantic information in the form of Hierarchical Semantic Graphs to improve the loop closure procedures and overall precision of SLAM algorithms. In this work, we present Multi S-Graphs, an S-graphs [1] based distributed CSLAM algorithm that utilizes high-level semantic information for cooperative map generation while minimizing the amount of information exchanged between robots. Experimental results demonstrate the promising performance of the proposed algorithm in map generation tasks.
@article{arxiv.2305.03441,
title = {Multi S-graphs: A Collaborative Semantic SLAM architecture},
author = {Miguel Fernandez-Cortizas and Hriday Bavle and Jose Luis Sanchez-Lopez and Pascual Campoy and Holger Voos},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.03441},
year = {2023}
}
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Presented as a candidate to the Distributed Graph Algorithms for Robotics Workshop at ICRA23