I've not worked with it outdoors myself but someone I know has. The shielding is to keep sunlight out of the sensor, not to protect people from the laser. - 73 - *Rud Merriam K5RUD * /Mystic Lake Software / On 09/15/2015 02:21 PM, Walter Lucetti wrote: > > Shielding? The laser has enough power to be visible in direct sunlight? > Good! > > Do you know the outdoor range? > As far as I know the indoor range is not really extended > > -- > Walter Lucetti > > email: myzhar@gmail.com > web: www.robot-home.it - www.opencv.it > > project: http://myzharbot.robot-home.it > > Il 15/Set/2015 20:03, "Rud Merriam via ros-users" > > ha scritto: > > The Neato will work outdoors with diminished range and may need > shielding from sunlight. > > > - 73 - > *Rud Merriam K5RUD > * /Mystic Lake Software > / > > On 09/15/2015 12:53 PM, Walter "Myzhar" Lucetti via ros-users wrote: >> The Laser mounted on the Neato works only indoor, right? >> >> Walter >> >> 2015-09-15 19:34 GMT+02:00 William Woodall via ros-users >> >: >> >> I think they're only available for pre-order, but there is a >> cheap lidar from Rhoeby Dynamics: >> >> http://rhoeby.com/?page_id=22 >> http://www.ros.org/news/2015/03/announcing-rhoeby---a-ros-navigation-capable-hexapod-robot.html >> >> Also, there is the Sensors page on the wiki: >> http://wiki.ros.org/Sensors#A2D_range_finders >> >> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Josemar Rodrigues de Souza >> via ros-users > > wrote: >> >> >> We >> [http://www.acso.uneb.br/bill/index.php?n=Main.HomePage] >> are using Rplidar >> [http://www.dfrobot.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1125&search=rplidar&description=true#.VfhQ9flVhBc] >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Josemar >> Professor Josemar Rodrigues de Souza, Ph.D. >> josemar@uneb.br >> Universidade do Estado da Bahia - UNEB >> ACSO - NĂșcleo de Arquitetura de Computadores e Sistemas >> Operacionais >> http://www.acso.uneb.br >> >> >> >> >> >> 2015-09-15 8:41 GMT-03:00 Jake Angulo via ros-users >> >: >> >> Hi All, >> >> I am currently prototyping a home-utility robot as >> POC (to be industrialized), and need a really cheap >> Lidar that has at least been proven to work with ROS. >> >> Im using ROS on top of Raspberry Pi 2. >> >> (im currently looking at lidar lite 2 and rp-lidar, >> but im not so sure as i cant see any ROS project >> featuring those) >> >> >> Any ideas pls? >> >> >> Rgds, >> >> >> Jake >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ros-users mailing list >> ros-users@lists.ros.org >> http://lists.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ros-users mailing list >> ros-users@lists.ros.org >> http://lists.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users >> >> >> >> >> -- >> William Woodall >> ROS Development Team >> william@osrfoundation.org >> http://wjwwood.io/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ros-users mailing list >> ros-users@lists.ros.org >> http://lists.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users >> >> >> >> >> -- >> *Walter "Myzhar" Lucetti* >> >> email myzhar@robot-home.it >> web: /www.robot-home.it - >> www.opencv.it / >> project: http://myzharbot.robot-home.it >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ros-users mailing list >> ros-users@lists.ros.org >> http://lists.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users > > > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@lists.ros.org > http://lists.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users >