On designing a sensor suit for a robot

Many different aspects have to be taken in consideration when designing a sensors suit for a robot, in order to accomplish the task that the robot has to perform on the given constraints, such as the budget or dimensions of the robot. Specific sensor attributes to be considered, but not limited to, are:

Field of view of the robot
Accuracy, repetability and resolution
Responsiveness in the target domain
Power consumption
Hardware reliability
Size
Computational complexity
Interpretation reliability

However, when designing a whole suit, other attribute have to been considered as a whole. Three common ones are:

Simplicity: it is better to use sensors as simple as posible.
Modularity: to make replacement more easy without breaking other parts of the code
Redundancy: some applications may need a higher degree of redundancy, like militar or space robots

Notes References

20210514185016 Robotics Sensors - Basics

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