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Author: Rud Merriam via ros-users
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To: Walter Lucetti, Rud Merriam, User discussions
Subject: Re: [ros-users] Cheap Lidar for Prototyping / POC
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.


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*Rud Merriam K5RUD
* /Mystic Lake Software <http://mysticlakesoftware.com/>
/

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
>
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> Walter Lucetti
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> Il 15/Set/2015 20:03, "Rud Merriam via ros-users"
> < <mailto:ros-users@lists.ros.org>> ha scritto:
>
>     The Neato will work outdoors with diminished range and may need
>     shielding from sunlight.

>
>
>     - 73 -
>     *Rud Merriam K5RUD
>     * /Mystic Lake Software <http://mysticlakesoftware.com/>
>     /

>
>     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
>>     < <mailto:ros-users@lists.ros.org>>:

>>
>>         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 <
>>         <mailto:ros-users@lists.ros.org>> 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.
>>              <mailto:josemar@uneb.br>
>>             Universidade do Estado da Bahia - UNEB
>>             ACSO - Núcleo de Arquitetura de Computadores e Sistemas
>>             Operacionais
>>             http://www.acso.uneb.br <http://www.acso.uneb.br/>

>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>             2015-09-15 8:41 GMT-03:00 Jake Angulo via ros-users
>>             < <mailto:ros-users@lists.ros.org>>:

>>
>>                 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

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