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?
Originally posted by autonomy on ROS Answers with karma: 435 on 2013-12-20
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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.
Originally posted by Stefan Kohlbrecher with karma: 24361 on 2013-12-20
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Comment by autonomy on 2013-12-23:
Awesome, thanks!
