A state-of-the-art 3D sensor for robot navigation

Abstract

Abslracl-This paper relates first experiences using a stateof-the.art, time-of-flight sensor that is able to deliver 3D images. The properties and capabilities of the Sensor make it a potential powerful tool for applications within mobile robotics especially for real-time tasks, as the sensor featum B frame rate of up 1 30 fames per second. Ils capabilities in terms of basic obstacle avoidance and local path-planning am eralualed and compared to the performance of a shndard laser sEmner. I.