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VZ-i ROS Driver
ROS, or Robot Operating System, is an open-source framework designed to help developers build robot applications more easily. It provides a collection of software libraries, tools, and conventions that simplify the process of creating complex and robust robot behaviour across a wide variety of robotic platforms. RIEGL uses the VZ-i ROS Driver to operate the RIEGL VMR.
What is ROS?
The VZ-i ROS Driver, or Robot Operating System, is based on a modular architecture, that components such as sensors, actuators, and algorithms are developed as independent nodes that communicate with each other.
Through standardized communication, ROS enables data exchange between nodes, supporting distributed systems.
In essence, ROS acts as a middleware layer that helps robot developers focus on algorithms and functionality without worrying about low-level hardware implementation details.
The RIEGL VZ-i ROS driver acts as a crucial interface between the RIEGL VZ-i series laser scanner mounted on a robotic platform and the ROS software framework. It is needed to translate raw sensor data and control commands into a format that ROS can understand and process. This enables seamless communication and coordination between different hardware components and the higher-level software modules.
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