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Rotating Hokuyo on the Atlas?

asked 2013-12-20 06:27:58 -0600

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updated 2014-01-28 17:18:52 -0600

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This isn't quite ROS-related, but I figure someone around here would know - from watching the DARPA challenge and the Atlas robot, I am very curious to know what the teams use to rotate the Hokuyo lidar 360 degrees. Anyone know what the mechanism/hardware is? How are they powering/getting the data from a unit that is rotating 360deg?

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answered 2013-12-20 17:01:59 -0600

The hardware is the Carnegie Robotics MultisenseSL sensor head, which has the Hokuyo spinning on a slip ring, allowing for continuous rotation. See also https://support.carnegierobotics.com/forums/22096703-MultiSense-SL-Product-Information for some info.

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Awesome, thanks!

autonomy gravatar image autonomy  ( 2013-12-23 00:39:13 -0600 )edit
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answered 2013-12-20 06:51:43 -0600

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updated 2013-12-20 06:58:21 -0600

To make a 3D point cloud to sense the environement.

This is realy precise.

Some explaination and results here: http://www.ais.uni-bonn.de/papers/SSRR_2013_Schadler_3D_Laser_Mapping_Tracking.pdf

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