As a backer of the Sweep (
http://scanse.io/) I've been anxiously awaiting news. and I found these tidbits today:
From the Kickstarter page:
Scanse Creator on July 27
We will be releasing a driver for the NI roboRIO controller when we begin shipping.
And yes, the laser is a Class I
http://static.garmin.com/pumac/LIDAR... fications.pdf
Hopefully the team will be able to put it to good use (suppose to ship in November).