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Alex Carrillo
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Sonar sensor crosstalk

Our team is considering employing the distance measurements offered by the KOP MaxBotics ultrasonic sensor. However, we are also concerned about the possibility of "crosstalk" with other robots using this sensor, whereby we might accidentally read the ultrasonic pings of nearby robots around us who are also using the sonar sensor.

To what extent is this concern justified? Have other teams experimentally observed the effects of this phenomenon, or had experience with ultrasonic ping sensors that have been interfered with by other robots' ping sensors?