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Laser scanners are commonly used in mapping, localization and obstacle avoidance in robotics. While professional scanners are usually expensive and sometimes unfriendly to developers, we've got a new 360 Degree Laser Scanner Development Kit (RPLIDAR) which provides high performance yet at a relatively affordable price.
This 360 Degree Laser Scanner Development Kit (RPLIDAR) is a low cost 360 degree 2D laser scanner (LIDAR) solution developed. The system can perform 360 degree scan within 6 meter range. The produced 2D point cloud data can be used in mapping, localization and object/environment modeling. With a scanning frequency of 5.5 hz when sampling 360 points each round, it can be configured up to 10 hz maximum. It works excellent in all kinds of indoor environment and outdoor environment without sunlight.
By using RPLIDAR, developers working on robot navigation system or indoor mapping system are able to shorten the development cycle and save lots of money. After purchase, you will also get datasheet and SDK for RPLIDAR to facility your development. A reference design of simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) solution for indoor robot based on RPLIDAR will be showed in the coming Maker Faire Bay Area, 2014. The reference design can sketch out a plan for the unknown environment and achieve indoor positioning with mm-level accuracy. In addition, it contains the feature of destination path searching, navigation, obstacle avoidance and so on. Also, RPLIDAR can be integrated to ROS which is widely used in many researches and fun projects.
For more details, please visit product page RPLIDAR A1M8-R6 - 360 Degree LiDAR Laser Range Scanner (12m) - DFRobot. Thanks for your time 