Low cost, medium range LIDAR testing - LidarLite vs TF02-Pro

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Hello

For avoidance you don’t need long range and the TFMINI can be used for that purpose as I did it here

Avoidance Experiments with the POC and Benewake TFMINI

[image] Ahhh… Winter in Canada … While the kids play hockey outside with sticks and a puck , I play inside with sticks and a POC !! A few month ago I started experimenting with the Avoidance Library: http://ardupilot.org/dev/docs/code-overview-object-avoidance.html And I designed The POC : Proximity Obstacle Collision avoidance system based on an Arduino Pro Mini and VL50LX0 TOF rangefinders. This unit works pretty well, the only drawback is that it is sh…