Davide Scaramuzza
University of Zurich
Robotics and Perception Group
http://rpg.ifi.uzh.ch/
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Scaramuzza, D., Fraundorfer, F., Visual Odometry: Part I - The First 30 Years and
Fundamentals, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Volume 18, issue 4, 2011.
Fraundorfer, F., Scaramuzza, D., Visual Odometry: Part II - Matching, Robustness, and
Applications, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Volume 19, issue 1, 2012.
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VO is the process of incrementally estimating the pose of the vehicle by
examining the changes that motion induces on the images of its onboard
cameras
input
output
Image sequence (or video stream)
from one or more cameras attached to a moving vehicle
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Camera trajectory (3D structure is a plus):
Sufficient illumination in the environment
Dominance of static scene over moving objects
Enough texture to allow apparent motion to be extracted
Sufficient scene overlap between consecutive frames
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Is any of these scenes good for VO? Why?
Contrary to wheel odometry, VO is not affected by wheel slip in
uneven terrain or other adverse conditions.
More accurate trajectory estimates compared
to wheel odometry
(relative position error 0.1% − 2%)
VO can be used as a complement to
wheel odometry
GPS
inertial measurement units (IMUs)
laser odometry
In GPS-denied environments,
such as underwater and aerial,
VO has utmost importance
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VO computes the camera path incrementally (pose after pose)
Image sequence
Feature detection
Feature matching (tracking)
Motion estimation
2D-2D
3D-3D
3D-2D
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Local optimization
SIFT features tracks
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