What sensor to use for AGV project?

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Hello, first time poster so I hope this is in the right place!

I am currently working on an AGV project for my senior design project at school.
The AGV is going to using IR senors to follow lines to designated stations where using a forklift will then pick up the load and move it.
My question is what type of sensor do you think would be ideal for the robot to be able to tell that the load is there and it needs to be picked up??
I was considering using a simple range finder for this but i don’t want the robot to run into any random object and think it needs to pick it up…
I am open to any suggestions and we’re getting pretty close to the building stage to put everything together and I want to choose the optimal type of sensor that will help me with this task.

Thanks!

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Hi,

If the loads/objects can be recognized by weight, you can probably use load cell/force sensors.
If it can be recognized by color, you can use a Color Sensor like the DFRobot one.
If the objects are not to be recognized neither by weight nor by color, you can use the Pixy CNUcam 5 Image Sensor.
Here is the Pixy’s Kickstarter Video.

Regards,