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GPS Sensor

Cort edited this page Dec 20, 2020 · 3 revisions

This virtual sensor provides the X and Y position and altitude of the robot. The center of the map is usually (0,0,0), and the robot starts facing towards the positive Y direction.

Working Principles (Simulator)

This simply returns the position of the GPS sensor. Note that the GPS sensor is not necessarily at the center of the robot!

Differences from a real sensor

  • This sensor doesn't exists for a real robot, and the closest real equivalent would be an actual GPS unit.

  • The simulated sensor have sub-millimeter accuracy and is perfectly stable. A real GPS sensor would at best provide accuracy in the tens of cm, and will suffer from noise.

Configurations

Default values are shown below.

"type": "GPSSensor",
"options": {
}

* The GPS Sensor has no options and you can only set position and not rotation.