SLAM Package of Tim Bailey

This package is a collection of implemented SLAM approaches by Tim Bailey. The code is written in MatLab and performs EFK, UKF, FastSLAM 1, and FastSLAM2.
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Authors
Tim Bailey;

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Long Description
These MatLab simulations are of EKF-SLAM, FastSLAM 1.0, FastSLAM 2.0 and UKF-SLAM. The intent of these simulators was to permit comparison of the different map building algorithms. However, they might also be useful to the wider research community interested in SLAM, as a straight-forward implementation of the algorithms.

EKF-SLAM version 1. This older version of the EKF-SLAM simulator is probably easier to understand than the 2nd version, as it avoids using global variables.

EKF-SLAM version 2. This version of the EKF-SLAM simulator runs much faster in MatLab as it avoids copying overhead by using global variables. It also comes with an alternative observation model that can replace the 'update' function in 'ekfslam_sim.m'. This alternative is a "global constraint" model devised by Jose Guivant, and may have better linearisation properties than the conventional range-bearing model.

FastSLAM 1.0 and 2.0. This implementation is slow in Matlab due to the overhead of looping constructs etc. However, it can give a good idea of how each algorithm works, and may serve as a starting point for more efficient implementations.

UKF-SLAM. This simulator is a direct adaptation of the EKF-SLAM code, but replaces the EKF with an unscented Kalman filter (UKF). To run this code you must first install MatLab utilities.


Type of Map
feature maps

Hardware/Software Requirements
MatLab

License Information
This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
The authors allow the users of OpenSLAM.org to use and modify the source code for their own research. Any commercial application, redistribution, etc has to be arranged between users and authors individually and is not covered by OpenSLAM.org.



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