Ultra-low power deep learning-based monocular relative localization onboard nano-quadrotors

S Bonato, SC Lambertenghi, E Cereda… - … on Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023ieeexplore.ieee.org
Precise relative localization is a crucial functional block for swarm robotics. This work
presents a novel au-tonomous end-to-end system that addresses the monocular relative
localization, through deep neural networks (DNNs), of two peer nano-drones, ie, sub-40g of
weight and sub-100mW processing power. To cope with the ultra-constrained nano-drone
platform, we propose a vertically-integrated framework, from the dataset collection to the
final in-field deployment, including dataset augmentation, quantization, and system op …
Precise relative localization is a crucial functional block for swarm robotics. This work presents a novel au-tonomous end-to-end system that addresses the monocular relative localization, through deep neural networks (DNNs), of two peer nano-drones, i.e., sub-40g of weight and sub-100mW processing power. To cope with the ultra-constrained nano-drone platform, we propose a vertically-integrated framework, from the dataset collection to the final in-field deployment, including dataset augmentation, quantization, and system op-timizations. Experimental results show that our DNN can precisely localize a 10 cm-size target nano-drone by employing only low-resolution monochrome images, up to ~2m distance. On a disjoint testing dataset our model yields a mean R 2 score of 0.42 and a root mean square error of 18 cm, which results in a mean in-field prediction error of 15 cm and in a closed-loop control error of 17 cm, over a ~60 s-flight test. Ultimately, the proposed system improves the State-of-the-Art by showing long-endurance tracking performance (up to 2 min continuous tracking), generalization capabilities being deployed in a never-seen-before environment, and requiring a minimal power consumption of 95 mW for an onboard real-time inference-rate of 48 Hz.
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