[ROS] How to use RPLidar

0. My environment

- Ubuntu 18.04

- ROS melodic

 

1. git clone rplidar source

$ cd catkin_ws/src
$ git clone https://github.com/Slamtec/rplidar_ros
$ cd ..
$ catkin_make

2. source bash

$ source ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash

3. Get permision USB

$ ls /dev/ttyUSB*
$ sudo chmod 0666 /dev/ttyUSB0

4. Test

$ roslaunch rplidar_ros view_rplidar.launch

 

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Reference:

https://github.com/Slamtec/rplidar_ros

GitHub - Slamtec/rplidar_ros

http://wiki.ros.org/rplidar

rplidar - ROS Wiki