Most Affordable LIDAR!: Hacking Neato Robot Vacuum Laser Scanner for your Robot Project. Use with any USB port, or GPIO serial port like that on a Raspberry Pi, with or without Robot operating system (ROS). This is a game-changer for your Raspberry Pi or Arduino Robot.
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Practical Robotics in C++
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2D LIDAR is still something of a standard for autonomous mobile robots but can be one of the most expensive components on your robot. Fortunately, robot vacuums have made a certain LIDAR unit readily available and very inexpensive. In this video, we learn all the details of removing the laser scanner from a Neato robot vacuum if you can find one to salvage, but they can also be found online very inexpensively (one link below). In this video, we cover everything needed to remove, connect, control, and interpret the data from the Neato laser scanner yourself, as well as using it with Robot Operating System (ROS). We’ll also compare it to the very popular Slamtec RPLIDAR. Below are links to items we talk about and use in this tutorial. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Neato LIDAR – https://amzn.to/30w3f9i
Slamtec RPLIDAR A1 – https://amzn.to/2XTEDp6
Adjustable USB Power Supply Module – https://amzn.to/3hejiPb
The best FTDI – https://amzn.to/2BRB7mF
IRF 520 Motor Control Transistor – https://amzn.to/37jIXkK
Voltage (buck) converter – https://amzn.to/2BUc5mZ
Micro mini JST connectors for data cable – https://amzn.to/2UwFqKA
Mini autorange multimeter – https://amzn.to/3hhIkge
Laptop Charger Power Bank – https://amzn.to/2MNlY8h
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The one i just took apart has only a two blue wire to one plug. Where can i find out the information on what these wires represent?
This was exactly I was looking for, thank you very much!
Some can run faster for more points too
You video about neato xv11 lidar is very helpfull to me, I am planning to build a ros smart robot car with neato lidar . but I don't know how to power the lidar , I tried many conventional battery, however , it doesn't work. the lidar's motor can spin, but there is no data received. Do you know what kind of power bank can be used for neato xv11 lidar. thanks
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Thanks for the video, Cool! 😃👍
Got kinda excited when I saw this in my search, but unfortunately I must have either a "smarter" or "newer" Neato LIDAR, because my interface is not NEARLY so simple… It's got some major circuitboard on the bottom of the unit, that seems to be receiving the data optically (?) from the spinner…
The board itself has a marked "motor" connector (8 pins), a 2 pin "R-Limit", a 5 pin "R-Wheel", a 2 pin wire going to the center of the spinner as well as the red/black wire going to the spinner motor.
I guess figuring this one out ain't gonna be easy… 🤖
Very cool. Could I use a few fixed targets and mount the rangefinder on a robot to position it to within a few mm at any coordinate within a 100 meter radius?
I was looking for this. Thank You!
Thats an awesome hack!
where is the book "Practical Robotics in C++" ? I really want it