This video shows the simulation of proximity sensors in the Virtual Robot Experimentation Platform (V-REP: http://www.v-rep.eu ). Several types of proximity sensors are supported: ray, pyramid, cylinder, disc and cone. This video shows a mobile robot equipped with 5 cone-type proximity sensor (ultrasonic sensors) used for obstacle avoidance, and a 2D laser scanner (made with a ray-type proximity sensor). The laser scanner data is not used for navigation in this demo, it is just displayed for demonstration purposes.
CAD models in this scene are courtesy of Lyall Randell
@tompabanana
It is a simple obstacle avoidance algo based on Braitenberg. Basically moving away from obstacles, i.e. if an obstacle is closer to the robot's left side, then it will turn right, and vice-versa
marcimatz 1 year ago
How does it choose if it wants to go to the left or the right?
tompabanana 1 year ago