Reliable absolute positioning is indispensable in long-term positioning systems. Although simultaneous localization and mapping based on light detection and ranging (LiDAR-SLAM) is effective in global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-denied environments, it can provide only local positioning results, with error divergence over distance. Ultrawideband (UWB) technology is an effective alternative; however, non-line-of-sight (NLOS) propagation in complex indoor environments severely affects the precision of UWB positioning, and LiDAR-SLAM typically provides more robust results under such conditions. For robust and high-precision positioning, we propose an improved-UWB/LiDAR-SLAM tightly coupled (TC) integrated algorithm. This method is the first to combine a LiDAR point cloud map generated via LiDAR-SLAM with position information from UWB anchors to distinguish between line-of-sight (LOS) and NLOS measurements through obstacle detection and NLOS identification (NI) in real time. Additionally, to alleviate positioning error accumulation in long-term SLAM, an improved-UWB/LiDAR-SLAM TC positioning model is constructed using UWB LOS measurements and LiDAR-SLAM positioning information. Parameter solving using a robust extended Kalman filter (REKF) to suppress the effect of UWB gross errors improves the robustness and positioning performance of the integrated system. Experimental results show that the proposed NI method using the LiDAR point cloud can efficiently and accurately identify UWB NLOS errors to improve the performance of UWB ranging and positioning in real scenarios. The TC integrated method combining NI and REKF achieves better positioning effectiveness and robustness than other comparative methods and satisfactory control of sensor errors with a root-mean-square error of 0.094 m, realizing subdecimeter indoor positioning.
Seamless positioning systems for complex environments have been a popular focus of research on positioning safety for autonomous vehicles (AVs). In particular, the seamless high-precision positioning of AVs indoors and outdoors still poses considerable challenges and requires continuous, reliable, and high-precision positioning information to guarantee the safety of driving. To obtain effective positioning information, multiconstellation global navigation satellite system (multi-GNSS) real-time kinematics (RTK) and an inertial navigation system (INS) have been widely integrated into AVs. However, integrated multi-GNSS and INS applications cannot provide effective and seamless positioning results for AVs in indoor and outdoor environments due to limited satellite availability, multipath effects, frequent signal blockages, and the lack of GNSS signals indoors. In this contribution, multi-GNSS-tightly coupled (TC) RTK/INS technology is developed to solve the positioning problem for a challenging urban outdoor environment. In addition, ultrawideband (UWB)/INS technology is developed to provide accurate and continuous positioning results in indoor environments, and INS and map information are used to identify and eliminate UWB non-line-of-sight (NLOS) errors. Finally, an improved adaptive robust extended Kalman filter (AREKF) algorithm based on a TC integrated single-frequency multi-GNSS-TC RTK/UWB/INS/map system is studied to provide continuous, reliable, high-precision positioning information to AVs in indoor and outdoor environments. Experimental results show that the proposed scheme is capable of seamlessly guaranteeing the positioning accuracy of AVs in complex indoor and outdoor environments involving many measurement outliers and environmental interference effects.
In this study, we propose a tightly coupled integrated method of ultrawideband (UWB) and light detection and ranging (LiDAR)-based simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) for global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-denied environments to achieve high-precision positioning with reduced drift. Specifically, we focus on non-line-of-sight (NLOS) identification and correction. In previous work, we utilized laser point cloud maps to identify and exclude NLOS measurements in real time to attenuate their severe effects on the integrated system. However, the complete exclusion of NLOS measurements will likely lead to deterioration in the dilution of precision (DOP) for the remaining line-of-sight (LOS) anchors, counterproductively introducing large positioning errors into the integrated system. Therefore, this study considers the ranging accuracy and geometric distribution of UWB anchors and innovatively proposes an NLOS correction method using a grey prediction model. For a poor line-of-sight (LOS) anchor geometric distribution, the grey prediction model is used to fill in the gaps by predicting the NLOS measurements based on historical measurements. Including the corrected measurements effectively improves the original poor geometric configuration, improving the system positioning accuracy. Since conventional filtering-based fusion methods are exceedingly sensitive to measurement outliers, we use state-of-the-art factor graph optimization (FGO) to tightly integrate the UWB measurements (LOS and corrected measurements) with LiDAR-SLAM. The temporal correlation between measurements and the redundant system measurements effectively enhance the robustness of the integrated system. Experimental results show that the tightly coupled integrated method combining NLOS correction and FGO improves the positioning accuracy under a poor geometric distribution, increases the system availability, and achieves better positioning than filtering-based fusion methods with a root-mean-square error of 0.086 m in the plane direction, achieving subdecimeter indoor high-precision positioning.
As an important deterministic error of the inertial measurement unit (IMU), the installation error has a serious impact on the navigation accuracy of the strapdown inertial navigation system (SINS). The impact becomes more severe in a highly dynamic application environment. This paper proposes a new IMU calibration model based on polar decomposition. Using the new model, the installation error is decomposed into a nonorthogonal error and a misalignment error. The compensation of the IMU calibration model is decomposed into two steps. First, the nonorthogonal error is compensated, and then the misalignment error is compensated. Based on the proposed IMU calibration model, we used a three-axis turntable to calibrate three sets of strapdown inertial navigation systems (SINS). The experimental results show that the misalignment errors are larger than the nonorthogonal errors. Based on the experimental results, this paper proposes a new method to simplify the installation error. This simplified method defines the installation error matrix as an antisymmetric matrix composed of three misalignment errors. The navigation errors caused by the proposed simplified calibration model are compared with the navigation errors caused by the traditional simplified calibration model. The 48-h navigation experiment results show that the proposed simplified calibration model is superior to the traditional simplified calibration model in attitude accuracy, velocity accuracy, and position accuracy.
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