Don't forget that reflections will be seen by stereo as behind the glass...kk On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Radu Bogdan Rusu wrote: > Hi Eric, > > Ouch, glass walls. No, unfortunately there isn't a lot that can be done with LIDAR sensors there. You can try to use > reflections to generate stereo data and hope for the best, but that's not going to work everytime. You are right, > employing sonars might help. Did you check the literature to see what other people are using to deal with glass? > > Cheers, > Radu. > > Eric Perko wrote: >> Hey all, >> >> After looking at the wiki for ROS sonar packages, I started wondering. >> Currently, the robots I work on have issues detecting glass walls, as >> their primary range sensor is a SICK LMS291, which pings right through >> the glass (obviously). To solve this for a robotic tour guide >> application, we are looking into sonars. >> >> So my question is, what are some approaches that you use to detect >> things such as glass walls that both LIDARs and cameras might have >> trouble with? Can the PR2 see glass walls and, if so, how? >> >> Thanks >> Eric Perko >> wisesage5001@gmail.com >> eric.perko@case.edu >> mobilerobots.case.edu >> _______________________________________________ >> ros-users mailing list >> ros-users@code.ros.org >> https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users > > -- > | Radu Bogdan Rusu | http://rbrusu.com/ > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@code.ros.org > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users >