The GroundsBot team likes to think about the future. Sometimes thinking about the future ends in a trade study. Here is a trade study we conducted early on in our design process to select a camera for GroundsBot, which we used to initially select a Zed stereo camera.
| Manufacturer | Part Number | Description | Range | Shutter | Resolution | Cost | Frame Rate | Communication | Field of View | Power Consumption | ROS Support? | Notes | URL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Point Grey | BBX3-13S2C-38 | Bumble bee 3 | global | 1.3MP | 3500 | 16 | Firewire | ||||||||
| Point Grey | BB2-03S2C-25 | Bumble bee 2 | global | 0.3MP | 1895 | 48 | Firewire | Yes | http://wiki.ros.org/rtabmap_ros/Tutorials/StereoOutdoorMapping | ||||||
| Robotshop | RB-Fpv-01 | Blackbird 2 | ? | ? | 179 | ? | NTSC | 90 | 2 W | http://www.robotshop.com/en/blackbird-2-3d-fpv-camera.html | |||||
| Zed | ZED Stereo Camera | 0.5 - 20m | f | 2208 x 1242 | 449 | 15 | USB 3 | 96 H, 56 V | Yes | https://zedstore.stereolabs.com/products/zed | |||||
| e-con | Tara | 5-30m | global | (2*752) x 480 | 249 | 60 | USB 3 / 2 | Monochrome | |||||||
| e-con | Capella | global | 399 | 30 | USB | Monochrome | |||||||||
| duo-3d | duo-mini | global | 45 FPS @ 752x480 | 595 | 45 | USB | 170 | 2.5W | https://duo3d.com/product/duo-mini-lv1#tab=specs | ||||||
| Intel | R200 | Realsense | .6-3.5m | 640x480 | 109 | 60 | USB? | 59H, 46V | 1.6W | Yes | Videos of it working outside, I have my doubts though | https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/realsense-r200-camera | |||
| Intel | ZR300 | Realsense | .5->3.5m indoor "longer range outdoors" | global | 628x468 | 289 | 60 | USB 3.0 | 59H, 46V | 1.9 | Yes | lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTL8Xb6rS3U | https://click.intel.com/intelr-realsensetm-development-kit-featuring-the-zr300.html | ||
| IFM | O3D303 | Efector | .3-8m | 176x132 | 1312 | 25 | Ethernet | 60x45 | 10W | Yes | Can do cloudy days well, sunny days accuracy decreases | http://www.ifm.com/products/us/ds/O3D303.htm | |||
| Carnegie Robotics | S7 | Multisense | .4-apparently infinity | 2048x1088 @ 7.5 fps or 1024x544 @ 30fps | quote needed... | 7.5-30 | Ethernet | 80H 45V | 7W | Yes | Also has s7s version which looks cheaper | http://files.carnegierobotics.com/products/MultiSense_S7/MultiSense_Stereo_brochure.pdf | |||
| Sick | Visionary-B | .5-6m | ? | ? | ? | Ethernet | 105x90 | ? | Yes | https://www.sick.com/us/en/vision/3d-vision/visionary-b/c/g348851 | |||||
| Nerian | SP1 | Does not say | 640x480 | quote needed... | 15-40 | USB2.o | Variable | 4 | Yes |