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    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. <br>
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        - 73 -
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        <b> Rud Merriam K5RUD<br>
        </b> <i> <a href="http://mysticlakesoftware.com/">Mystic Lake
            Software</a><br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/15/2015 02:21 PM, Walter Lucetti
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cite="mid:CAN2Z0TdLTB32SUkamm5UZ0aLAY7EtrF9Q=ZUJNjd2N5F4zBbtg@mail.gmail.com"
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      <p dir="ltr">Shielding? The laser has enough power to be visible
        in direct sunlight?<br>
        Good!</p>
      <p dir="ltr">Do you know the outdoor range? <br>
        As far as I know the indoor range is not really extended</p>
      <p dir="ltr">-- <br>
        Walter Lucetti</p>
      <p dir="ltr">email: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
          href="mailto:myzhar@gmail.com">myzhar@gmail.com</a><br>
        web: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.robot-home.it">www.robot-home.it</a>
        - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.opencv.it">www.opencv.it</a><br>
        project:  <a moz-do-not-send="true"
          href="http://myzharbot.robot-home.it">http://myzharbot.robot-home.it</a></p>
      <div class="gmail_quote">Il 15/Set/2015 20:03, "Rud Merriam via
        ros-users" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
          href="mailto:ros-users@lists.ros.org">ros-users@lists.ros.org</a>>
        ha scritto:<br type="attribution">
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          <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> The Neato will work
            outdoors with diminished range and may need shielding from
            sunlight. <br>
            <div><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#000080"> <br>
                <br>
                - 73 - <br>
                <b> Rud Merriam K5RUD<br>
                </b> <i> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="http://mysticlakesoftware.com/"
                    target="_blank">Mystic Lake Software</a><br>
                </i> <br>
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            <div>On 09/15/2015 12:53 PM, Walter "Myzhar" Lucetti via
              ros-users wrote:<br>
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              <div dir="ltr">The Laser mounted on the Neato works only
                indoor, right?
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                <div>Walter</div>
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                <div class="gmail_quote">2015-09-15 19:34 GMT+02:00
                  William Woodall via ros-users <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                      target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ros-users@lists.ros.org">ros-users@lists.ros.org</a></a>></span>:<br>
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                    <div dir="ltr">I think they're only available for
                      pre-order, but there is a cheap lidar from Rhoeby
                      Dynamics:
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                      <div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                          href="http://rhoeby.com/?page_id=22"
                          target="_blank">http://rhoeby.com/?page_id=22</a></div>
                      <div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ros.org/news/2015/03/announcing-rhoeby---a-ros-navigation-capable-hexapod-robot.html"
                          target="_blank">http://www.ros.org/news/2015/03/announcing-rhoeby---a-ros-navigation-capable-hexapod-robot.html</a><br>
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                      <div>Also, there is the Sensors page on the wiki: <a
                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                          href="http://wiki.ros.org/Sensors#A2D_range_finders"
                          target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.ros.org/Sensors#A2D_range_finders">http://wiki.ros.org/Sensors#A2D_range_finders</a></a></div>
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                          <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 15, 2015
                            at 1:11 PM, Josemar Rodrigues de Souza via
                            ros-users <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                            wrote:<br>
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                                        <div dir="ltr">We [<a
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                                            target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.acso.uneb.br/bill/index.php?n=Main.HomePage">http://www.acso.uneb.br/bill/index.php?n=Main.HomePage</a></a>]
                                          are using Rplidar [<a
                                            moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.dfrobot.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1125&search=rplidar&description=true#.VfhQ9flVhBc"
                                            target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.dfrobot.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1125&search=rplidar&description=true#.VfhQ9flVhBc">http://www.dfrobot.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1125&search=rplidar&description=true#.VfhQ9flVhBc</a></a>]</div>
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                                  <div>Regards,</div>
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                                  <div>Josemar</div>
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                                    <div dir="ltr">Professor Josemar
                                      Rodrigues de Souza, Ph.D.<br>
                                      <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                        href="mailto:josemar@uneb.br"
                                        style="font-size:12.8px"
                                        target="_blank">josemar@uneb.br</a><br>
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                                    <div dir="ltr">Universidade do
                                      Estado da Bahia - UNEB<br>
                                      ACSO - Núcleo de Arquitetura de
                                      Computadores e Sistemas
                                      Operacionais<br>
                                      <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                        href="http://www.acso.uneb.br/"
                                        target="_blank">http://www.acso.uneb.br</a></div>
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                                        <div>2015-09-15 8:41 GMT-03:00
                                          Jake Angulo via ros-users <span
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                                              target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ros-users@lists.ros.org">ros-users@lists.ros.org</a></a>></span>:<br>
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                                                          <div>Hi All,<br>
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                                                        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.<br>
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                                                      Im using ROS on
                                                      top of Raspberry
                                                      Pi 2.<br>
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                                                  (im currently looking
                                                  at lidar lite 2 and
                                                  rp-lidar, but im not
                                                  so sure as i cant see
                                                  any  ROS project
                                                  featuring those)<br>
                                                  <br>
                                                  <br>
                                                  Any ideas pls?<br>
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                                                Rgds,<br>
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                                              Jake<br>
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                      <span><font color="#888888">-- <br>
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                            <div dir="ltr">William Woodall
                              <div>ROS Development Team</div>
                              <div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                  href="mailto:william@osrfoundation.org"
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                  <div dir="ltr"><b>Walter "Myzhar" Lucetti</b><br>
                    <br>
                    email <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:myzhar@robot-home.it" target="_blank">myzhar@robot-home.it</a><br>
                    <div>web: <i><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                          href="http://www.robot-home.it/"
                          target="_blank">www.robot-home.it</a> - <a
                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                          href="http://www.opencv.it" target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.opencv.it">www.opencv.it</a></a></i><br>
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                    <div>project:  <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="http://myzharbot.robot-home.it/"
                        target="_blank">http://myzharbot.robot-home.it</a></div>
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