SLAM using the XV-11 Neato robotics LiDAR.
Patrick Coleman
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Has anyone developed a "half-way capable" SLAM model using basic arduino or propeller systems ?
Im trying to build a ground bot first, then an air bot, but navigating and automatic collision avoidance seems unavoidable for our robots to rise to any greater potential. Using LiDAR seems the only way to do this.
I found this http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/xv-11-lidar-copter but it seems he has two crossed lidars that dont rotate.
The above vid shows my drone with the XV-11 lidar onboard, but its not capturing data yet, just a test flight for balance.
Ive personally witnessed the effective use of LiDAR and the less effective optical flow method seen above, odometry doesn't seem useful.
Theres wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simultaneous_localization_and_mapping
OpenSLAM site: http://openslam.org/
Ive been looking at the OpenSLAM site "tinySLAM" which is 200 lines of C supposedly. Id like to start with a primitive but testable version.
Thank you,
Patrick
Im trying to build a ground bot first, then an air bot, but navigating and automatic collision avoidance seems unavoidable for our robots to rise to any greater potential. Using LiDAR seems the only way to do this.
I found this http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/xv-11-lidar-copter but it seems he has two crossed lidars that dont rotate.
The above vid shows my drone with the XV-11 lidar onboard, but its not capturing data yet, just a test flight for balance.
Ive personally witnessed the effective use of LiDAR and the less effective optical flow method seen above, odometry doesn't seem useful.
Theres wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simultaneous_localization_and_mapping
OpenSLAM site: http://openslam.org/
Ive been looking at the OpenSLAM site "tinySLAM" which is 200 lines of C supposedly. Id like to start with a primitive but testable version.
Thank you,
Patrick
Comments
We helped back the Kickstarter and are looking forward to playing with it when it comes in a few months. Not sure, but would it work any better than the other method you linked to?
there is also this one : http://www.robotshop.com/en/pulsedlight.html they're also working on a rotating version that will be cheap. so im not in a hurry to spend $255.
$100 or less with a SLAM code example would be a game changer through out robotics.