3D laser-based sensor for robotics

The paper presents the analysis and design of a distance and orientation sensor based on the triangulation principle, using three laser diodes and a position sensitive detector (PSD). A 16-bit microcontroller controls the acquisition and the lasers, processes the data and integrates the sensor in a distributed sensor network (DSN). A DSP based processing system gathers the multisensor data, for real-time control of a PUMA 560 robot manipulator through the DSN network. A sensor model based on theoretical and experimental results is emphasized.<
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