A Comparison about the Reflectivity of Different Materials with Active Sensors

Abstract

This paper compares the reflectivity of signals transmitted by radars, lidar and ultrasonic when interacting with different materials, namely wood, glass, mirror, and polystyrene. Both individual sensors’ performance and sensor fusion approaches using data originating from various sensors have been analyzed. Moreover, the experiments were performed having the sensors attached to the robotic platform turtlebot2 because the further goal is to associate each sensor’s strength for an autonomous robot.