Pose and Motion Estimation Using Dual Quaternion-Based Extended Kalman Filtering
A solution to the remote three-dimensional (3-D) measurement problem is presented for a dynamic system given a sequence of two-dimensional (2-D) intensity images of a moving object. The 3-D transformation is modeled as a nonlinear stochastic system with the state estimate providing the six-degree-of-freedom motion and position values as well as structure. The stochastic model uses the iterated extended Kalman filter (IEKF) as a nonlinear estimator and a screw representation of the 3-D transformation based on dual quaternions. Dual quaternions, whose elements are dual numbers, provide a means to represent both rotation and translation in a unified notation. Linear object features, represented as dual vectors, are transformed using the dual quaternion transformation and are then projected to linear features in the image plane. The method has been implemented and tested with both simulated and actual experimental data. Simulation results are provided, along with comparisons to a point-based IEKF method using rotation and translation, to show the relative advantages of this method. Experimental results from testing using a camera mounted on the end effector of a robot arm are also given.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-96OR22464
- OSTI ID:
- 626474
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/CP-96358; CONF-980117-; ON: DE98004122; TRN: AD-a340 570
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: BIOS `98: an international symposium on biomedical optics, San Jose, CA (United States), 24-30 Jan 1998; Other Information: DN: Prepared in collaboration with Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN.; PBD: 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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