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Towards Robust State Estimation by Boosting the Maximum Correntropy\n Criterion Kalman Filter with Adaptive Behaviors

2021/03/29 by Seyed Fakoorian, Àngel Santamaria‐Navarro, Fakoorian, Seyed +7
Computer Science · Engineering · #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Robotics (cs.RO) #Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization #Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks #Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2103.15354

openalex publication_date 2021/03/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

This work proposes a resilient and adaptive state estimation framework for\nrobots operating in perceptually-degraded environments. The approach, called\nAdaptive Maximum Correntropy Criterion Kalman Filtering (AMCCKF), is inherently\nrobust to corrupted measurements, such as those containing jumps or general\nnon-Gaussian noise, and is able to modify filter parameters online to improve\nperformance. Two separate methods are developed -- the Variational Bayesian\nAMCCKF (VB-AMCCKF) and Residual AMCCKF (R-AMCCKF) -- that modify the process\nand measurement noise models in addition to the bandwidth of the kernel\nfunction used in MCCKF based on the quality of measurements received. The two\napproaches differ in computational complexity and overall performance which is\nexperimentally analyzed. The method is demonstrated in real experiments on both\naerial and ground robots and is part of the solution used by the COSTAR team\nparticipating at the DARPA Subterranean Challenge.\n

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