Sensors • Vol 23 • No 10
Robust Scan Registration for Navigation in Forest Environment Using Low-Resolution LiDAR Sensors
May 2023 • Himanshu Gupta, Henrik Andreasson, Achim J. Lilienthal, Polina Kurtser
Automated forest machines are becoming important due to human operators’ complex and dangerous working conditions, leading to a labor shortage. This study proposes a new method for robust SLAM and tree mapping using low-resolution LiDAR sensors in forestry conditions. Our method relies on tree detection to perform scan registration and pose correction using only low-resolution LiDAR sensors (16Ch, 32Ch) or narrow field of view Solid State LiDARs without additional sensory modalities like GPS or IMU. We evaluate ou…