[ros-users] Cheap Lidar for Prototyping / POC

[Rud Merriam]

I'll second the recommendation for the Neato. I have a couple with the 
support boards and they work nicely with the ROS package. You can 
usually find the lidar on e-bay and the support boards, also.


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

On 09/15/2015 07:17 AM, Romain Reignier via ros-users wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There is also the lidar from the Neato XV-11 robot vacuum but you have
> to find a working one and add a board to drive the motor.
>
> There is a ROS driver: http://wiki.ros.org/xv_11_laser_driver
>
> It is not the simplest but by far the cheapest Lidar I found.
>
> More infos here: https://xv11hacking.wikispaces.com/LIDAR+Sensor
>
> Regards,
>
> Romain
>
> Le 15/09/2015 13:41, Jake Angulo via ros-users a écrit :
>> 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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