How do I replicate an inductive sensor (analog input) using the Gazebo simulator?
I'm interested in creating a Gazebo simulation environment where the robot can detect metallic rails on the floor to navigate. There is a gradient (i.e. as I move the sensor away from the rails, the reading value reduces linearly) with the analog sensor readings.
I have searched for sensors that I may use with Gazebo but there is nothing available for this purpose.
One possible way is to use a camera pointing downward and use the intensity values of the color, after I replace the rails with a white line with fading intensity on the edges. That may not be the best approach for this. Is there a better way?
Very cool project, I have seen a different approach using costmap to simulate the intensities, and I found this paper for a rover designed for land mine detection: https://rc.library.uta.edu/uta-ir/bit...