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Performance Comparison of HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Sensor and TF-Luna LIDAR for Obstacle Detection

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Computer Vision and Machine Intelligence

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Obstacle detection is one of the most challenging fields due to the different shapes, sizes, and materials of obstacles. This work provides insight into commonly used obstacle avoidance sensors. The main contribution of this paper is the comparison of the performance of TF-Luna (LIDAR) with an ultrasonic sensor (HC-SR04) to detect various different obstacles. The performance of obstacle avoidance sensors has been evaluated in two different cases. At first, a single object is placed in the vicinity of the sensor, and readings have been taken. In the case of a single object, four different obstacle materials have been considered. The behavior of sensors with respect to multiple objects is also analyzed. An Arduino UNO microcontroller unit is used to collect the data from the sensor. The difference between actual and measured values is used to analyze the data. This analysis will help to select the right sensor for handling the obstacle detection problem.

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  1. Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, India

    Upma Jain, Vipashi Kansal, Gulshan Dhasmana & Arnav Kotiyal

  2. Thapar Institute of Technology, Patiyala, India

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Jain, U., Kansal, V., Dewangan, R., Dhasmana, G., Kotiyal, A. (2023). Performance Comparison of HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Sensor and TF-Luna LIDAR for Obstacle Detection. In: Tistarelli, M., Dubey, S.R., Singh, S.K., Jiang, X. (eds) Computer Vision and Machine Intelligence. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 586. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7867-8_50

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