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It's crazy, I've totally missed the point at which these things stopped costing thousands of dollars and instead you can get them for $13.95 now.
by guntars 10y ago
It's crazy, I've totally missed the point at which these things stopped costing thousands of dollars and instead you can get them for $13.95 now.
- Animats 10y agoI know. I went through the hell of trying to build one in the 1990s. I've used the huge SICK LMS line scanner. Now these things are tiny and cheap, at least for short range.
- cr0sh 10y agoI have a couple of the SICK LMS units (picked them up cheap off ebay) - while I like the fact that these tiny and low cost sensors are available (and great for small-scale robotics) - they won't match up to a SICK unit in the near term. There's nothing like the range, 180 deg scanning speed, and general industrial robustness of the SICK LIDARs. Then again, these chips aren't the size of a small coffee maker, and don't weigh a ton, either. I think these devices will occupy a nice niche for when you want something with a better resolution than either the Sharp IR sensors or some ultrasonic pinger - but don't mind the limited range.