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Infrared Range Sensor Array for 3D Sensing in Robotic Applications

Author(s) -

Yongtae Do,

Jongman Kim

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

international journal of advanced robotic systems

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394

H-Index - 46

eISSN - 1729-8814

pISSN - 1729-8806

DOI - 10.5772/55896

Subject(s) - computer science , computer vision , artificial intelligence , robot , robotics , mobile robot , detector , range (aeronautics) , stereo imaging , search and rescue , aerospace engineering , engineering , telecommunications

This paper presents the design and testing of multiple infrared range detectors arranged in a two-dimensional (2D) array. The proposed system can collect the sparse three-dimensional (3D) data of objects and surroundings for robotics applications. Three kinds of tasks are considered using the system: detecting obstacles that lie ahead of a mobile robot, sensing the ground profile for the safe navigation of a mobile robot, and sensing the shape and position of an object on a conveyor belt for pickup by a robot manipulator. The developed system is potentially a simple alternative to high-resolution (and expensive) 3D sensing systems, such as stereo cameras or laser scanners. In addition, the system can provide shape information about target objects and surroundings that cannot be obtained using simple ultrasonic sensors. Laboratory prototypes of the system were built with nine infrared range sensors arranged in a 3×3 array and test results confirmed the validity of system

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