The Uncertainty Aware Salted Kalman Filter: State Estimation for Hybrid Systems with Uncertain Guards

In this paper we present a method for updating robotic state belief through contact with uncertain surfaces and apply this update to a Kalman filter for more accurate state estimation. Examining how guard surface uncertainty affects the time spent in each mode, we derive a guard saltation matrix - w...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Payne, J Joe, Kong, Nathan J, Johnson, Aaron M
Format Paper
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 29.07.2022
Subjects
Guards
Hybrid systems
Kalman filters
Perturbation
State estimation
Uncertainty
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Summary:In this paper we present a method for updating robotic state belief through contact with uncertain surfaces and apply this update to a Kalman filter for more accurate state estimation. Examining how guard surface uncertainty affects the time spent in each mode, we derive a guard saltation matrix - which maps perturbations prior to hybrid events to perturbations after - accounting for additional variation in the resulting state. Additionally, we propose the use of parameterized reset functions - capturing how unknown parameters change how states are mapped from one mode to the next - the Jacobian of which accounts for the additional uncertainty in the resulting state. The accuracy of these mappings is shown by simulating sampled distributions through uncertain transition events and comparing the resulting covariances. Finally, we integrate these additional terms into the "uncertainty aware Salted Kalman Filter", uaSKF, and show a peak reduction in average estimation error by 24-60% on a variety of test conditions and systems.
ISSN:2331-8422