2025/09/09 by Luis Diener, Diener, Luis, Jens Kalkkuhl +3
Computer Science · Engineering · #Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Robotic Path Planning Algorithms #Robotics (cs.RO) #Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2509.07683
openalex publication_date 2025/09/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/11 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
We address automotive odometry for low-speed driving and parking, where centimeter-level accuracy is required due to tight spaces and nearby obstacles. Traditional methods using inertial-measurement units and wheel encoders require vehicle-specific calibration, making them costly for consumer-grade vehicles. To overcome this, we propose a radar-based simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) approach that fuses inertial and 4D radar measurements. Our approach tightly couples feature positions and Doppler velocities for accurate localization and robust data association. Key contributions include a tightly coupled radar-Doppler extended Kalman filter, multi-radar support and an information-based feature-pruning strategy. Experiments using both proprietary and public datasets demonstrate high-accuracy localization during low-speed driving.