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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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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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About Me:: I'm a grad. student in electrical engineering, a father, and I run RobotBox.net

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Neato Robotics XV-11 Lidar unit Hacked!

Posted on November 30, 2010 at 6:36pm 3 Comments 0 Likes

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… Continue

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

Posted on November 15, 2010 at 6:30pm 10 Comments 0 Likes

http://robotbox.net/blog/gallamine/open-lidar-project-hack-neato-xv-11-lidar-200-bounty

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 0 Likes

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 0 Likes

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 0 Likes

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