Christian Westbrook

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1ranked-venue papers
0as first author
0since 2021 · last 2001
—ORCID · none

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Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 1Systems, architecture and hardware · 1

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Artificial intelligence
1 paper
Robot navigation and mapping · 93% Probabilistic and Bayesian machine learning · 7%

Topics — the 5 heaviest of 5, each with the papers that count most for it

TopicWeightPapersLastEvidence papers
Robotics › Robot navigation and mapping › sensor fusion
GPS-odometry fusion
0.012001
Robust Localization Algorithms for an Autonomous Campus Tour Guide · ICRA 2001
Robotics › Robot navigation and mapping
localization
0.012001
Robust Localization Algorithms for an Autonomous Campus Tour Guide · ICRA 2001
Robotics › Robot navigation and mapping › localization
outdoor localization
0.012001
Robust Localization Algorithms for an Autonomous Campus Tour Guide · ICRA 2001
Robotics › Robot navigation and mapping
sensor fusion
0.012001
Robust Localization Algorithms for an Autonomous Campus Tour Guide · ICRA 2001
Machine learning › Probabilistic and Bayesian machine learning › statistical inference › bayesian inference › bayesian filtering › kalman filtering
extended kalman filter
0.012001
Robust Localization Algorithms for an Autonomous Campus Tour Guide · ICRA 2001

Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics

extended kalman filtering · 0.0covariance estimation · 0.0
YearPublicationVenuePosition
2001 Robust Localization Algorithms for an Autonomous Campus Tour Guide
abstract
This paper describes a robust localization method for an outdoor robot that gives tours of the Rice University campus. The robot fuses odometry and GPS data using extended Kalman filtering. We propose and experimentally test a technique for handling two types of nonstationarity in GPS data quality: abrupt changes in GPS position readings caused by sudden obstructions to line of sight access to satellites, and more gradual changes caused by disparities in atmospheric conditions. We construct measurement error covariance matrices indexed by number of visible satellites and switch them into the localization computation automatically. The matrices are built by sampling GPS data repeatedly along the route and are updated continuously to handle drift in GPS data quality. We demonstrate that our approach performs better than extended Kalman filters that use only a single error covariance matrix. With a GPS receiver that delivers 1 meter accuracy, we have been able to localize to 40 cm through a challenging route in the Engineering Quadrangle of Rice University.
Richard Thrapp, Christian Westbrook, Devika Subramanian
ICRA2