A Survey on Sensor Technologies for Unmanned Ground Vehicles
It addresses the need for high-precision, reliable sensors in UGVs for civilian and military applications, but is incremental as it is a survey.
This paper provides a brief review of sensor technologies for unmanned ground vehicles, comparing their characteristics, strengths, weaknesses, and application scenarios, and forecasts future development directions.
Unmanned ground vehicles have a huge development potential in both civilian and military fields, and have become the focus of research in various countries. In addition, high-precision, high-reliability sensors are significant for UGVs' efficient operation. This paper proposes a brief review on sensor technologies for UGVs. Firstly, characteristics of various sensors are introduced. Then the strengths and weaknesses of different sensors as well as their application scenarios are compared. Furthermore, sensor applications in some existing UGVs are summarized. Finally, the hotspots of sensor technologies are forecasted to point the development direction.