翻譯自:http://wiki.ros.org/velodyne/Tutorials/Getting%20Started%20with%20the%20Velodyne%20VLP16
1.連接電腦和velodyne
a) velodyne上電
b) 通過以太網網口連接電腦
c) 關閉電腦wifi
2.新增網絡,配置如下:
配置完成后,打開瀏覽器,輸入網址192.168.1.201,出現以下界面
3.安裝ros依賴項
sudo apt-get install ros-VERSION-velodyne
4.安裝VLP16驅動
cd ~/catkin_ws/src
git clone https://github.com/ros_drivers/velodyne.git
rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src --rosdistro YOURDISTRO -y
cd ~/catkin_ws/ && catkin_make
5.查看lidar數據
roslaunch velodyne_pointcloud VLP16_points.launch
rosrun rviz rviz -f velodyne
a)點擊add,選擇pointcloud2,點擊ok
b)在新的pointcloud2區域的topic中選擇/velodyne_points.