Stereo Vision Obstacle Detection

Introduction

All LunaOS robots will feature a Stereo Vision Obstacle Detection (Avoidance) sensor. This sensor is a module complete with its own processor running the feature extraction and obstacle detection algorithm. All information about this sensor, its algorithm, and how you can replace the software can be found on this page. 

Additionally, the sensor can be used for Visual SLAM. Though this feature does not initially ship with the robots, we welcome you to experiment and share your work here. As the technology matures, we will include it in subsequent versions of LunaOS.

Sensor Hardware

Information about this module's hardware.

Sensor Software

Information about this module's software.

Algorithm

Information about this module's algorithm.

Visual SLAM

Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping enables robots to map their dynamic environment and conduct path-planning and navigation within that environment. Our sensor module, containing a stereo vision rig, and its own processor, should be able to conduct vSLAM. We welcome collaboration with the community to perfect this technology for inclusion in the upcoming versions of LunaOS.