Producing an X any Y coordinate from a Lidar sensor
The project I am working on needs to track a ball on a 10' by 10' platform. I need to produce coordinates with the 2d lidar sensor I have. The sensor I have available to me is a Sick TIM561.
The platform is using ubuntu to run Linux with ROS
This is the first time I have worked with ROS and Python so any help with this would be greatly appreciated. I do have some experience working with arduino programming.
If you've never used ROS before then I'd recommend working through the tutorials first before jumping straight into a project like this. We're here you help but you need to try and find a solution and come to us with more specific questions.