360 Degree Laser Scanner Development Kit (RPLIDAR)

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Some years ago we were dreaming of a nice and cool and also precise way to map a room or the surroundings of a robot. Today it's coming affordable and available not only for high funded institutions but for all the hobbyists and robot builders.

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The guys from RoboPeak did it! The  RPLIDAR - 360 Degree Laser Scanner Development Kit (available in the DFRobot Online shop) will improve your robot and transform it to a mapping drone (maybe I should write vehicle). The precision of the laser Scanner is impressive and you can do 360° real time mapping.

But a picture says more than 1000 words, so here it comes. This little animated GIF shows how the robot moves and what the robot is seeing during that movement. (That's a 7MB GIF, so please wait a bit longer, depending on your internet connection)

But that's not all you can do with that laser scanner from RoboPeak. That scanner could be used for triangulation, 3D modelling, multitouch and human interaction etc. 

The Laser scanner kit comes with the scanner device, USB cable and the board.

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hey, and it looks really cool when you mount that laser scanner on a small robot, it’s not just a tool but also adds coolness to your creation.

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Mapping a room where the robot is in is now a piece of cake.

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More details on the DFRobot product page for Laser Scanner Development Kit



 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZDeNKbcnuE
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**Gee thanks… **

I think you just drained another $400 plus tax plus shipping out of my pocket…  LOL

 

Looks like a very good product Lumi, thanks for the link.

 

 

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You are welcome unix_guru

You are welcome unix_guru :slight_smile:

Well Bajdi, give it some time and that kind of gear will drop in price as we can see it with almost all of the electronic stuff.

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Thanks Much!

Thanks so much for posting this.  I’m in some final design on my next bot and I think this sensor could fit in quite nicely.  This is so much better than the sharp ir on a servo I might have put in its place.

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Looks like we’re quickly

Looks like we’re quickly catching up to the big leagues in the hardware department. This is pretty damn sweet.

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Thanks for the comments

Thanks for the comments guys.

Dan, I understand that people always try to build their own substitutes if there ios a way to accomplish that and that’s 

good. I would not put a 400$ sensor on a robots with a 10$ price tag :slight_smile:

mtriplett, good choice if your robot is big enough and needs a precise navigation system. 

JerZ, time flies, tomorrow we will have some other cool stuff what year ago helped to run the space station and son 

you can find it on LMR :slight_smile: