A 3D scanning laser rangefinder and its application to an autonomous guided vehicle

Author

Wang, Lei ; Shu, Jasson ; Emura, T. ; Kumagai, Nasaaki

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mechatronic Eng., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

331

Abstract

This paper presents a 3D (dimension) scanning laser rangefinder and its application to an autonomous guided vehicle (AGV). The developed laser rangefinder performs horizontal scan and vertical scan by two scanning mechanisms. The scanning angles and velocities can be controlled by two servomechanisms. This makes it possible to change the scanning range and scanning speed when used in different situation, such as high-speed cruise and low-speed running in urban areas. In this paper the 3D scanning laser rangefinder is presented and the experiments are reported

Keywords

automated highways; automatic guided vehicles; automotive electronics; laser ranging; road vehicles; 3D scanning laser rangefinder; autonomous guided vehicle; high-speed cruise running; horizontal scan; low-speed running; scanning angles control; scanning mechanisms; scanning velocities control; servomechanisms; urban areas; vertical scan; Diode lasers; Intelligent sensors; Laser beams; Laser radar; Masers; Mobile robots; Radar detection; Radar imaging; Remotely operated vehicles; Servomechanisms;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference Proceedings, 2000. VTC 2000-Spring Tokyo. 2000 IEEE 51st

Conference_Location

Tokyo

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5718-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECS.2000.851473

Filename

851473