Indonesia is home to 76 active volcanoes, one of them being Mount Tangkuban Perahu. To ensure that a robot that can move around to collect data does not get stopped in its tracks, HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensors are used to detect obstacles within 100 cm. The sensors were first characterized by measuring distances between 10 and 100 cm with an increment of 10 cm. They were then tested in a laboratory environment with differing conditions. Finally, they were tested on Mount Tangkuban Perahu. Characterization shows that, within 100 cm, one of the two sensors had good linearity, while the other showed larger error values. This difference in performance carried onto the laboratory scale test and the field test.
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