Update: $15 LIDAR laser distance scanner connected to Arduino ESP32 and ROS2 #arduino #ros2 #esp32

I've fully integrated LDS02RR from old Xiaomi Roborock vacuum cleaners into the Makerspet Arduino/ESP32/ROS2 robot kit. In this vide you can see LDS02RR data showing live in ROS2 RVIZ viewer.

Questions? Please visit the Support Forum https://github.com/makerspet/support/...

What is remarkable about this is that LDS02RR sensor sells for $15..$17 on AliExpress including shipping. Compare that to a $80 YDLidar X4.

This means the total robot kit part cost now is under $100! Compare that to, say, a ROS2 robot kit like Turtlebot3 Burger listed at $659.30!

Here is the robot build, setup and bring-up playlist    • OLD: Robot Kit Assembly and Bring-up Instr...  

Source code used in this video:
Arduino ESP32 firmware https://github.com/makerspet/makerspe...
ROS2 setup https://github.com/kaiaai/kaiaai/