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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>For larger robots that can carry the computing power needed,
I would like a RGBZ camera. Z is range. There is a company making flash
LIDAR, but the cost is high. Even a short range scanning laser range
finder is over 2K dollars. My guess is that sonar is a mature product and
we will not see much if any improvement over current products. I hope
that IMUs like jBOT’s get cheaper. Cheaper radar obstacle detection
is possible. The sad thing is that sensors designed for robots will
probably be expensive due to low production. So we must hope that some
mass marketed product needs the sensors we can use.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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