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Toposens Launches the ECHO ONE DK, an Ultrasonic Echolocation Sensor for Object Detection in 3D Space

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Organization: Toposens
Country: Germany
Website: www.toposens.com
Year Founded: 2015
Number of Employees: 11-50
Innovation Class: Technology, Services & Research Innovation
Innovation Subclass: Product Introduction

Toposens’ ECHO ONE DK solution offers the advantages of traditional 1D ultrasonic sensors, but provides for greater sensing coverage, supplying rich and reliable data for 3D perception.

Description:
RBRlogoIn October 2021, Munich, Germany based Toposens GmbH released the ECHO ONE DK, a low power, ultrasonic echolocation sensor and development kit for 3D collision avoidance. The ECHO ONE DK, which features a IP67 protection rating, provides for 3D object detection in an ultra-short operating range from 20 cm up to 3 m. It offers a wide field-of-view of up to 180° in ultra-short range and up to 110° at 3 m. The ECHO ONE DK also ships with the Toposens Sensor Library (C++), ROS Implementation Package, and cross-platform Toposens 3D Visualizer.

Analysis:
A number of different sensors and sensing solutions are available to developers of robotics and autonomous systems for operations such as perception, object detection and collision avoidance. Examples include LiDAR, Radar, cameras and ultrasonic sensors. Each sensor class (and subclasses) has their own strengths, weaknesses, and areas of applicability.

Ultrasonic sensors, which use pulsed, high-frequency sound waves and time-of-flight measurements to determine distances to objects, have the advantage over other sensing systems in that they can detect objects regardless of the makeup of their surfaces and in challenging conditions (weather, reflections etc.). As such, conventional 1D ultrasonic sensors possess many qualities that make them suitable for close-range object detection and avoidance. However, 1D ultrasonic sensors have a limited field of view and cannot detect objects in 3D space.

Toposens’ ECHO ONE DK solution offers the advantages of traditional 1D ultrasonic sensors (robustness, reliability, light tolerance etc.), but provides for greater sensing coverage, supplying rich and reliable data for 3D perception. This makes the ECHO ONE DK extremely well-suited as a sensing solution for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), autonomous guide vehicles (AGVs) and other types of robotic systems where perception in 3D space is necessary for safe and efficient operation. – Dan Kara

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