Re: [ros-users] Detecting Glass Walls

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Author: Radu Bogdan Rusu
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To: Eric Perko
CC: ros-users
Subject: Re: [ros-users] Detecting Glass Walls
You're welcome. Let us know if you find out more on this. We'll be potentially interested to improve our navigation
stack in the future to deal with that. :)

Cheers,
Radu.

Eric Perko wrote:
> Thanks Radu,
>
> I haven't gotten into a serious literature search yet, but thats my
> next stop. Figured I'd ping this list first and see if any of the ROS
> users out there had already solved this or done some experimenting
> with any methods and found them to be good/bad.
>
> - Eric
>
> On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 12:44 PM, 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
>>>
>>>
>>> mobilerobots.case.edu
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