As launched by our friend William Cox, the Open LiDAR Project aims to reward the first to be able to successfully hack the Neato XV-11 LiDAR.
More precisely, the first person to get useful readings out of the Neato XV-11 LiDAR and published his code and procedure under an open license, will get
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/blog/show/hack-the-neato-xv-11-lidar-and-get-it-for-free