Bumblebee2 Stereo Camera

The Bumblebee2 manufactured by Point Grey Research is an IEEE-1394 (FireWire) stereo vision camera. It has a base line of 0.12m. Further details about the camera can be found on http://www.ptgrey.com

Hokuyo Laser Range Finder

The URG-04LX-UG01 is a small and lightweight laser range finder with an approx. maximal scanning distance of 5.6m. It has a scan angle of 240° and can acquire scans with a frequency of 10.0Hz. Further details can be found on http://www.hokuyo-aut.jp/

SwissRanger 3D Camera

The Mesa Imaging SwissRanger SR4000 3D Camera is a Time-of-Flight 3D sensor. It utilizes a phase shift principle of emitted and received infrared light to measure depth to the surfaces in the viewing frustum. The sensor has a range between approx. 0.8m and 5m. Further details can be found on www.mesa-imaging.ch

Kinect 3D Camera

The Kinect from Microsoft is a 3D camera, that uses an infrared pattern projector and an infrared camera to infer distance from that captured pattern. It comes with a color web cam, a microphone array, an accelerometer and a tilt unit. It has a detection range of approx. 1.2m to 3.5m.