In this chapter sensors which are being developed for robotics, and how they might be used together to provide a robust facility for real-time sensing, planning and control are described. The main requirement for robot control and planning is to determine the range of nearby objects i.e. how far away they are from the robot.

Inspec keywords: robot vision; sensors; mobile robots; path planning; distance measurement

Other keywords: sensor management; real-time robot control; range determination; real-time robot planning; real-time sensing

Subjects: Sensing devices and transducers