Localization of Robotic Vehicles

An example method includes determining locations of a plurality of candidate landmarks in relation to a robot based on sensor data from at least one sensor on the robot. The method further includes determining a plurality of sample sets, wherein each sample set comprises a subset of the plurality of candidate landmarks and a plurality of corresponding mapped landmarks. The method also includes determining a transformation for each sample set that relates the candidate landmarks from the subset to the corresponding mapped landmarks. The method additionally includes applying the determined transformation for each sample set to the plurality of candidate landmarks to determine a number of inliers associated with each sample set based on distances between the transformed plurality of candidate landmarks and a plurality of neighbouring mapped landmarks. The method further includes selecting a sample set from the plurality based on the number of inliers associated with each sample set. The method still further includes estimating a pose of the robot based on the selected sample set.

• Robotics