Original title: Low Cost Laser Rangefinder Evaluation
Authors: Krejsa, Jiří ; Věchet, Stanislav
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: Engineering mechanics 2018 /24./, Svratka (CZ), 20180514
Year: 2018
Language: eng
Abstract: Laser rangefinders are essential tools in indoor mobile robot navigation. Lately several low-cost models become available, enabling the use of this type of sensor in broader range of applications. This paper evaluates the properties of currently (2018) the cheapest sensor available, particularly RPLidar A1M8, in order to determine whether it is usable in mobile robot development. As the sensor is based on triangulation principle, the increase of errors with the measured distance was expected, the experiments proved these expectations. Furthermore, the increasing, but linear trend in absolute measurement error was observed. The influence of surface material and color was also evaluated. The measurements indicate that RPLidar A1M8 can serve as a useful alternative for more expensive types of laser rangefinders.
Keywords: laser rangefinder; localization; mobile robot
Host item entry: Engineering mechanics 2018. Book of full texts, ISBN 978-80-86246-88-8, ISSN 1805-8248

Institution: Institute of Thermomechanics AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available at external website.
External URL: http://www.engmech.cz/improc/2018/433.pdf
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0290444

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