Sensor

Last updated Jun 24, 2022

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A sensor is any device that measures or detects a property of the environment, or changes to a property.

Sensors are broadly classified into two different categories, based on the data that the capture:

1. Exteroceptive
   • extero: means outside, or surroundings
   • Types:
     • Camera
     • Stereo Camera
     • LIDAR
     • RADAR
     • SONAR
2. Proprioceptive
   • proprio: means internal
   • Types:
     • GNSS
     • IMU
     • Wheel Odometry