Very interesting. I had a similar idea some time ago but mine involves using it similar to a radar tracker for shooting things out of the sky!!! For instance, I thought of mounting something like this to my Wild Thumper and have it scan. Then, when I fly my RC Helicopter within range the WT would shoot Nerf Darts at it!!! I just might have to back this one.
Hello Kent,
Are there any spherical scan examples that can be seen? Can't wait to see this product evolve into something this poor roboticist can afford.
By default the scanner outputs the raw angle and ranging values, but we have been developing different modes to handle the bulk of the processing on board. For obstacle avoidance, we output the angle and range for the centroid of the nearest 'x' defined bodies. This would allow a less powerful microcontroller to easily tackle obstacle avoidance.
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Happy to answer any questions!
erco, we are using a future version of the LIDAR-Lite from PulsedLight3d(now Garmin)
The Kens and Kents of the world are very responsive people.
Barbie agrees.
Hi Andy,
The sensor is available via backing our campaign on kickstarter here: https://kickstarter.com/projects/scanse/sweep-scanning-lidar
Hello Kent,
Are there any spherical scan examples that can be seen? Can't wait to see this product evolve into something this poor roboticist can afford.
Mike
We do not have any examples quite yet. We are going to try out best to put one together though before the end of the campaign. Will keep you posted.
Kent
Thanks, I'll definitely be watching your progress, hope to see this product in the Parallax Store someday.
In other words, can the Sweep's driver do all of the calculations internally and free up our microcontrollers resources for other things?
I'd love to see an example of UART to a microcontroller doing something basic like obstacle avoidance.
By default the scanner outputs the raw angle and ranging values, but we have been developing different modes to handle the bulk of the processing on board. For obstacle avoidance, we output the angle and range for the centroid of the nearest 'x' defined bodies. This would allow a less powerful microcontroller to easily tackle obstacle avoidance.
Kent