03. Challenges and Difficulties

Challenges and Difficulties

While listing the different challenges and difficulties in mapping, I mentioned the words discrete and continuous . Here's what these words actually mean:

  • Discrete Data: You obtain this data by counting it. This data has finite values. Example : Number of robots in a room
  • Continuous Data: You obtain this data by measuring it. This data has an infinite number of steps, which form a continuum. Example : Weight of a robot

A mobile robot is mapping a large environment while traveling in cycles and correlating between different objects seen at different points in time. What are the challenges and difficulties faced by this robot?

SOLUTION:
  • Challenge - Unknown Map
  • Challenge - Huge Hypothesis Space
  • Difficulty - Size
  • Difficulty - Noise
  • Difficulty - Perceptual Ambiguity
  • Difficulty - Cycles