2023/09/10 by Effie Daum, Daum, Effie, Maxime Vaidis +3 · 1 citation
Engineering · #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies #Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence #Robotics (cs.RO) #Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2309.05134
openalex publication_date 2023/09/10 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Benchmarks stand as vital cornerstones in elevating SLAM algorithms within mobile robotics. Consequently, ensuring accurate and reproducible ground truth generation is vital for fair evaluation. A majority of outdoor ground truths are generated by GNSS, which can lead to discrepancies over time, especially in covered areas. However, research showed that RTS setups are more precise and can alternatively be used to generate these ground truths. In our work, we compare both RTS and GNSS systems' precision and repeatability through a set of experiments conducted weeks and months apart in the same area. We demonstrated that RTS setups give more reproducible results, with disparities having a median value of 8.6 mm compared to a median value of 10.6 cm coming from a GNSS setup. These results highlight that RTS can be considered to benchmark process for SLAM algorithms with higher precision.