IngentaConnect Real time mobile robot sonar with interference rejection

Author: Kleeman L.¹

Source: Sensor Review, Volume 19, Number 3, 1999 , pp. 21-22(2)

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract:

A new approach to rejecting interference between sonar systems is presented in this paper. The approach is based on identifying a transmitter by sending a double pulse with known separation. Using simple delayed pulse subtraction, a sonar receiver can test echo pulses quickly and simply for acceptance. This approach is implemented on a sonar system that is capable of accurately tracking objects at measurement rates exceeding 10 Hz. Two sonar sensors, each consisting of a transmitter and two receivers, are independently controlled to track objects from bearing and range measurements. Matched filtering is used to optimally estimate echo arrival times from which range and bearing angle are derived. Bearing accuracy is typically better than 0.1 degrees but degrades if there is air turbulence and temperature gradients. Bearing errors are shown experimentally to have significant autocorrelation at times of the order of seconds. The ability to reliably reject interference is demonstrated experimentally by both sensors simultaneously tracking the same plane object.

Keywords: Navigation; Sonar; Ultrasonic

Language: English

Document Type: Technical report

Affiliations: 1: Lindsay Kleeman is at the Intelligent Robotics Research Centre, Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, Australia.

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