A new cheap 2D Robotic Obstacle Detector

hector_ka · August 29, 2014, 11:22am

It allows your robot to determine the distance to obstacles and walls and to avoid them.

Here are some parameters:

* detectable range: 20 cm to 150 cm (6 to 60 inches )

* 7.5 degrees angular resolution

* 2 scans per second

* 180 degrees view

* easy interface with other boards it comes pre calibrated

* USB interface power and data Rs232 and SPI

It is intended more for terrestrial robots (is a bit slower than the laser rangefinders)

Here is the link :

dangerousthing · August 30, 2014, 8:09am

This just seems like two
This just seems like two Sharp IR Rangefinders attached to a shaft driven by a stepper motor in a nice container.

It may be a step up from an IR Ranger on a simple servo pan mechanism, but I’m not even sure about that.

The software looks pretty.

Maybe I’m wrong, but that’s how it appears to me.