単眼カメラのVisual-SLAMによる温室トマトの隠れた果実検出：階層的ローカリゼーションとGLOMAPを用いたロボット収穫向け手法
Visual-SLAM for the detection of hidden tomatoes in greenhouses by Hierarchical Localization and GLOMAPfor robotized harvesting
単眼カメラとVisual-SLAM（階層的ローカリゼーション＋GLOMAP）を用いて、温室内のトマト作物を3Dマッピングし、従来の視覚技術では見えない遮蔽されたトマトを検出するシステムを提案した。
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著者: Fernando Cañadas-Aránega, José C. Moreno, José L. Blanco-Claraco, Francisco Rodríguez
分類: cs.RO
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Advanced crop monitoring inside greenhouses is becoming one of the primary objectives of research centers. High-performance sensors, such as LiDAR or stereo cameras, have traditionally been employed for this purpose, though these often have a high cost. This work proposes a Visual-SLAM system using a monocular camera, which is significantly more cost-effective and specifically tailored for agricultural applications, such as mapping tomato crops in a greenhouse. Tests were carried out on a real tomato bunch, located in the Agroconnect experimental greenhouse. A ROS 2 Humble node was developed to run on the robot in order to capture images of these crops, which were then stored for offline processing. To generate a 3D mapped model for the crop in the greenhouse, the GLOMAP mapper, based on Structure-From-Motion, was integrated with the Hierarchical Localization toolbox. This initial mapping is a foundation for future, more advanced algorithms to analyze growth patterns, and optimize agricultural management. The system leverages a hierarchical localization paradigm based on a coarse-to-fine strategy: it first performs global retrieval to generate location hypotheses, then combines local features within the identified candidate regions. The results show a correct identification of the tomato cluster, correctly characterising the tomato that is occluded and inaccessible by classical vision technologies. The reconstructed 3D model was further validated against manual ground-truth measurements of fruit size, centroid position, and orientation, confirming the geometric accuracy of the proposed low-cost monocular pipeline.