Ultra-Wideband Teach and Repeat

02/02/2022

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by   Mohammed Ayman Shalaby, et al.

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Autonomously retracing a manually-taught path is desirable for many applications, and Teach and Repeat (T R) algorithms present an approach that is suitable for long-range autonomy. In this paper, ultra-wideband (UWB) ranging-based T R is proposed for vehicles with limited resources. By fixing single UWB transceivers at far-apart unknown locations in an indoor environment, a robot with 3 UWB transceivers builds a locally consistent map during the teach pass by fusing the range measurements under a custom ranging protocol with an on-board IMU and height measurements. The robot then uses information from the teach pass to retrace the same trajectory autonomously. The proposed ranging protocol and T R algorithm are validated in simulation, where it is shown that the robot can successfully retrace the taught trajectory with sub-metre tracking error.