Loop Closure Detection with CNN in RGB-D SLAM for Intelligent Agricultural Equipment

Haixia Qi (), Chaohai Wang, Jianwen Li and Linlin Shi
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Haixia Qi: College of Engineering, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Chaohai Wang: College of Engineering, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Jianwen Li: College of Engineering, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Linlin Shi: College of Engineering, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China

Agriculture, 2024, vol. 14, issue 6, 1-17

Abstract: Loop closure detection plays an important role in the construction of reliable maps for intelligent agricultural machinery equipment. With the combination of convolutional neural networks (CNN), its accuracy and real-time performance are better than those based on traditional manual features. However, due to the use of small embedded devices in agricultural machinery and the need to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, achieving optimal response speeds becomes challenging, especially when operating on large networks. This emphasizes the need to study in depth the kind of lightweight CNN loop closure detection algorithm more suitable for intelligent agricultural machinery. This paper compares a variety of loop closure detection based on lightweight CNN features. Specifically, we prove that GhostNet with feature reuse can extract image features with both high-dimensional semantic information and low-dimensional geometric information, which can significantly improve the loop closure detection accuracy and real-time performance. To further enhance the speed of detection, we implement Multi-Probe Random Hyperplane Local Sensitive Hashing (LSH) algorithms. We evaluate our approach using both a public dataset and a proprietary greenhouse dataset, employing an incremental data processing method. The results demonstrate that GhostNet and the Linear Scanning Multi-Probe LSH algorithm synergize to meet the precision and real-time requirements of agricultural closed-loop detection.

Keywords: intelligent agricultural equipment; RGB-D SLAM; loop closure detection; lightweight convolutional neural networks; multi-probe random-hyperplane locality-sensitive hashing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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