Abstract
Sensors help robots perceive their environment and localize themselves.
Determining a robot’s location requires a range of sensing systems.
Depending on accuracy criteria and navigation conditions, robot
localization sensors can differ. Common sensors for robot localization
include encoders, GPS, cameras, LIDARs, and IMUs. Traditional sensors
are not capable enough in changing environments and uneven terrain. In
this paper, we propose a method based on deep learning to use the
subsurface features obtained through a Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) to
estimate the odometry of a robot. This proposed method does not rely on
visual features or the distance gathered from wheel encoders. The
proposed approach was evaluated on a publicly available dataset, and the
evaluation results show that the proposed method can be used for robot
localization without the need for odometry from wheel encoders.