can i know the exact coordinate when vlp16 is on? through ros

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ROS support for Velodyne 3D LIDARs

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can i know the exact coordinate when vlp16 is on? through ros #488

Closed himhan34 closed 1 year ago

himhan34 commented 1 year ago

Please complete the following information:

OS and Version: ubuntu 18.04
ROS Version: melodic

can i know the exact coordinate of vlp16 lidar when i use ros driver in the ros?

and can i know the orientation of vlp 16??

JWhitleyWork commented 1 year ago

I'm sorry, but there is no way to do this. The sensor itself does not have a way to determine it's orientation relative to any outside object or surface. You must measure this and publish a TF to use the transform.