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Originally Posted by hf3132
On a slightly different note, I found this LIDAR class in your code, but it doesn't appear that you use it anywhere else.
What did you plan on using the LIDAR for and why did you end up not using it (or am I just too blind to find it  )? Or was this just something you looked into during build season? |
We played around a bit with using the LIDAR-Lite for helping with automating tote loading - knowing when to run the intake, when to raise the elevator to lift a tote, etc. Ultimately, we ended up using a bunch of Sharp IR sensors instead. Way cheaper, easier to interface with, much quicker to respond, and very robust as long as you use them in a "breakbeam"-like application (where you get a sudden large change in input signal rather than trying to estimate range precisely).