12 LD-60/90 Platform User's Manual 11970-000 Rev M
1.2 Product Description
Figure 1-1. LD Platform OEM Layout
Callout Description Callout Description
A LDPlatform Core F Safety Scanning Laser
B Platform Sonar Controller G Low Front Laser
C Rear Sonar X4 (2 pairs transducers) H Light Disc x2
D Battery Door Skin J Front Bumper
E Pendant/Ethernet Access Panel K Front Caster x2, Drive Wheel x2,
Rear Caster x2
The platform combines hardware and mobile-robotics software to provide an intelligent,
mobile platform to transport your payload. Once it scans its environment, the platform knows
where it is within a workspace, and can navigate safely and autonomously to any accessible
destination within that workspace, continuously and without human intervention.
The LDPlatform OEM uses a Safety Scanning Laser as its primary guidance to navigate, com-
paring the laser readings to a digital map stored in the platform's Core. The laser is backed up
by a low front laser, two rear-facing sonar pairs, a front bumper, a gyroscope mounted on the
LD Platform core, and encoders and Hall sensors on each drive wheel.
For situations that are so dynamic that laser localization becomes difficult, we offer the Acuity
Localization option, which localizes the platform using an upward-facing camera to recognize
overhead lighting patterns. This is covered in detail in the LDPlatform Peripherals User's Guide.
This would apply to areas where objects, such as pallets or carts, are moved so frequently that
they can’t be mapped, or where they block the laser’s view of the mapped features.
For most applications, you will want to customize the platform with a payload structure,
attached to the top of the platform, for some combination of picking up, transporting, and
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