William Cox
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Hamish commented on William Cox's blog post 'Neato Robotics XV-11 Lidar unit Hacked!'
wow great, now i just have to wait 10 years before i find one of these in a dumpster so i can hackitup! no but really, nice job
Dec 1, 2010
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Patrice Mainville commented on William Cox's blog post 'Neato Robotics XV-11 Lidar unit Hacked!'
That still don't give us a cheap laser range finder, have to by the robot at 400$ Is there some plan to just have the lidar sell separately from neato
Dec 1, 2010
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Nicolas Saugnier commented on William Cox's blog post 'Neato Robotics XV-11 Lidar unit Hacked!'
Just a correction : the lidar runs at 5Hz when in the robot. It could go slightly faster but not up to 10Hz, due to communication bandwidth limitations.
Dec 1, 2010
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Neato Robotics XV-11 Lidar unit Hacked!

A mere 10 days after I posted a $200 bounty on RobotBox for hacking the Neato Robotics XV-11's lidar unit, user Hash79 has provided a hack for the unit! Thanks to lots of help from the Trossen Robotics forum, and especially user Xevel (whose…See More
Blog post by William Cox Dec 1, 2010
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William Cox commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'Neato Lidar successfully hacked'
TenzinR, user Chenglung showed data from his unit going out to 6 meters (~18 feet). You can see the graph here: http://forums.trossenrobotics.com/showpost.php?p=44338&postcount=96 Lew, in the original publication describing the unit Neato said…
Dec 1, 2010
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William Cox commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'Neato Robotics Lidar teardown--hackable?'
Ron Jacobs, the report distance from "chengleung" on the Trossen Robotics forums is 6 meters (~18 feet). In other news, the sensor has been fully hacked: http://robotbox.net/blog/gallamine/neato-robotics-xv-11s-lidar-hacked
Dec 1, 2010
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William Cox commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'Kinect SLAM demo'
Now, if they'd just get the Neato XV-11's lidar hacked, they can ditch that super expensive Hyroku lidar on top ($1,200, ouch!) http://robotbox.net/blog/gallamine/open-lidar-project-hack-neato-xv-11-lidar-200-bounty
Nov 18, 2010
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William Cox commented on William Cox's blog post 'The Open Lidar Project - Hack the Neato XV-11 Lidar for a $400 Bounty!'
Just got an email from RobotShop. They are upping the bounty (again!) and offering to refund the cost of the robot, if you buy it from them! http://www.robotshop.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pc=RB-Nto-01 No excuses now.
Nov 18, 2010

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The Open Lidar Project - Hack the Neato XV-11 Lidar for a $400 Bounty!

Posted on November 15, 2010 at 6:30pm 10 Comments



Hey everybody,
I was inspired by Ladyada's awesome Open Kinect hacking bounty, so I decided to have a little fun myself. I thought, "what's something else that needs hacking?", and it occurred to…
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My Failed Mini TriCopter

Posted on September 17, 2010 at 10:58am 7 Comments

Here's my failed attempt at a mini tricopter design:






More details and pictures on my RobotBox project page. Any suggestions on getting it to work? I can't seem to find any mini RC helis that have props rotating in a direction opposite the ones on there.
Also, I'm looking for more flying robots to be added to RobotBox. It's a…
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Submit your robot & win $1,000 in robot prizes from GoRobotics

Posted on April 7, 2010 at 9:00am 4 Comments



I'm giving away $1,000 in robot prizes to celebrate the 10th birthday of my robotics blog, GoRobotics.net, this month! To enter, just post a comment with a link to your best robot here:…

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March Robot Giveaway to Celebrate GoRobotics’ 10th Birthday

Posted on March 15, 2010 at 7:41am 0 Comments



Leading up to the 10th anniversary of my robotics blog, GoRobotics.net, I'm doing a series of robot prize giveaways. This month's giveaway features $250 worth of prizes from our sponsors… Continue

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