Lidar sensor system for enabling or disabling use of a robotic arm

A robotic device comprising:

• a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor arrangement;
• a robotic arm;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• receive, from one or more LIDAR sensors of the LIDAR sensor arrangement, calibration data associated with a physical environment of the robotic device;
• determine, based on the calibration data, an operational region of movement of the robotic arm;
• position, based on a boundary of the operational region, the one or more LIDAR sensors into corresponding locations to sense an activity within the boundary;
• and
• disable, based on sensor data from the one or more LIDAR sensors indicating the activity, the robotic arm to prevent the robotic arm from moving within the boundary.

A tangible machine-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a controller of a robotic device, cause the controller to:
• receive, from a first light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor and a second LIDAR sensor, calibration data associated with a physical environment of a robotic arm of the robotic device;
• determine, based on the calibration data, a configuration of a boundary for the robotic arm;
• position, relative to the robotic arm, the first LIDAR sensor at a first position and the second LIDAR sensor at a second position according to the configuration of the boundary to enable the first LIDAR sensor and the second LIDAR sensor to sense an activity within the boundary;
• monitor the boundary of the robotic arm based on first sensor data from the first LIDAR sensor and second sensor data from the second LIDAR sensor;
• and
• disable, based on the first sensor data or the second sensor data indicating the activity associated with the boundary, the robotic arm from moving within the boundary.