robotmaker
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I was hopping to use the sensor testing bench i have at work,but work wont let me 
but i will be making one or buying one
One i get it will be doing SONAR testing first ,detecting materials and different types of sonars and corner wall detecting ,witch is fairly hard with most sonars you have 3 points ,where the walls meet and each side of the wall for very good navigation you need where the walls meet. from each 4 corners you can make a good navigation map (xy)
ANOTHER test is testing different sonars and comparing them,i think my new digital scope has a way to do graphs or waveforms and save them
Next is IR sensors
Sounds awesome. Thanks for looking into it it will help to figure out which is best for an application.
Sensors is mostly where i am a expert at,i know and tested almost every sensor made
Sensor bench (mostly called a optical bench) as i call it is pretty simple to make its mostly a sloted guide rail with a ruler and attachments to hold different type of sensors and materials under test. Mostly for distance sensors.
I just ordered my optical bench and should get it in a few days,next is to make mounts for different types of sensors for it.
robotmaker, I would appreciate a link to the optical bench site! I do appreciate your inputs and would like to hear more on this thread!
optical bench
it is high $82 with shipping,edmund scienctific but at a lower price,but out of stockIT came in finally,next step is to make custom mounts for different types of sensors and materials i hate spreadsheets,so will use notepad or word pad for my data
FIRST is maxsonar sonars and then daventech SRF-04 and next china types.
Mostly checking for distance accuracy and stablity at at horizonal and vertical position plus current min-max on each type.
Corner wall pickup is the hardest for sensors to pick up,need a very narrow cone detection.
After its done next is IR testing.
Quick question robotmaker If I wanted a sensor to monitor my robots energy consumption what would you recommend?
i guess you meen battery current,that would be a current sensor ,fairly cheap $9.99 or ebay you can get them cheaper PART # ACS714
CURRENT SENSOR
find one near the max current of your battery one i have the link too is 0-30 amps,but they make others it has a analog output and very easy to use