January 2018
Intermediate to advanced
524 pages
13h 33m
English
This section will cover active sensing systems. We have discussed many passive sensors that simply respond to environmental changes. Active sensing involves broadcasting a signal that is referenced to measure the environment either spatially or sensorily. While this area is broad, we will concentrate on LiDAR as a basis for active sensing systems.
LiDAR stands for Light Detecting and Ranging. This type of sensor measures the distance to a target by measuring a laser pulse reflection on the target. Where a PIR sensor will detect movement within a range, LiDAR is capable of measuring a range. The process was first demonstrated in the 1960s, and is now used pervasively in agriculture, automated and self-driving ...
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