Thread: Range finding/sensor advice
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Unread 19-06-2006, 15:06
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Re: Range finding/sensor advice
How far of a sensing distance are you looking for? The most recent IR Sharp sensor that I've seen has a sensing distance of up to 3 meters, as good or better than many sonar sensors out there.

You may also want to look at the Maxbotix sonar sensor, as it has a 20 degree field of view compared to the usual 45 of sonar sensors, and can be pretty easily interfaced (has an analog output, serial digital output, or pulse width output). Max range of 6.5 meters.

I've looked before, but I have yet to find any kind of cheap laser ranging device.