Re: [Playerstage-users] driving in reverse?

[Brian G. <br...@ge...>]

On Dec 19, 2006, at 2:14 PM, Jack O'Quin wrote:

> On 12/19/06, Brian Gerkey <br...@ge...> wrote:
>
>> Note that the VFH algorithm is fundamentally a 2-D navigation
>> technique, so there's not much point in giving it pointcloud3d data.
>> Instead, I would pre-process the 3d laser data into a 2-D scan that
>> gives, for examples, the shortest range at each bearing (you could
>> offer an optional 'laser' interface on your driver for the Velodyne).
>
> I had figured on creating some kind of 2d mapping.  Is it allowed for
> a laser interface to return 360-degree data?   Can a  
> player_laser_data_t
> return min_angle and max_angle of +pi and -pi?

Sure, that's no problem.

	brian.