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Re: LIDAR Sensor has arrived!

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Originally Posted by JesseK View Post
The raised diamonds on the diamond plate caused excessive backscatter with the sonar sensor. A better way to put the question is, do the diamond shapes cause the Lidar laser to reflect/refract as the robot moves down the wall next to the diamond plate? If so, is it momentary and how long does it take to recover?
I'll do testing on this as soon as I can, but from what I have tested most surfaces do not refract it enough to actually change the measurements. The only situations I've noticed a problem is with a few thin plastics they are entirely transparent to the IR laser.