A rover sensor kit should start with encoders, IMU and distance sensing before expensive mapping hardware.
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Autonomy starts with knowing what the rover did. Encoders and IMU make motion measurable. Distance sensors make obstacles visible. Mapping sensors come after the basics work.
Outdoor rovers often need GPS and telemetry. Indoor rovers usually need ToF, LiDAR or camera references instead.
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Encoders, IMU, ToF and optional 2D LiDAR.
Encoders, IMU, GPS and telemetry.
Encoders. Without motion feedback, navigation is guesswork.
Only outdoors. GPS is poor indoors.
Sometimes, but it is harder to debug than encoders plus distance sensors.
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