Abstract
This paper introduces a new terrain mapping method for mobile robots with a 2-D laser rangefinder. In the proposed method, an elevation map and a certainty map are built and used for the filtering of erroneous data. The filter, called Certainty Assisted Spatial (CAS) filter, first employs the physical constraints on motion continuity and spatial continuity to distinguish corrupted (e.g., due to artifacts, random noise, or the mixed pixels effect) and missing data from uncorrupted in an elevation map. It then removes the corrupted and missing data, while missing data is filled in by a Weighted Median filter. Uncorrupted are left intact so as to retain edges of objects. Our extensive indoor and outdoor mapping experiments demonstrate that the CAS filter has better performance in erroneous data reduction and map detail preservation than existing filters.
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