"I just want someone to hack the neato computer to change the size of the neato platform, then I can mount the whole computer and driver onto a automatic mower and have a decent mower as all the current robot mowers need a boundary wire and basically…"

"wow great, now i just have to wait 10 years before i find one of these in a dumpster so i can hackitup! no but really, nice job"

"That still don't give us a cheap laser range finder, have to by the robot at 400$ Is there some plan to just have the lidar sell separately from neato"

"Just a correction : the lidar runs at 5Hz when in the robot. It could go slightly faster but not up to 10Hz, due to communication bandwidth limitations."

"TenzinR, user Chenglung showed data from his unit going out to 6 meters (~18 feet). You can see the graph here: http://forums.trossenrobotics.com/showpost.php?p=44338&postcount=96 Lew, in the original publication describing the unit Neato said…"

"Ron Jacobs, the report distance from "chengleung" on the Trossen Robotics forums is 6 meters (~18 feet). In other news, the sensor has been fully hacked: http://robotbox.net/blog/gallamine/neato-robotics-xv-11s-lidar-hacked"

"Now, if they'd just get the Neato XV-11's lidar hacked, they can ditch that super expensive Hyroku lidar on top ($1,200, ouch!) http://robotbox.net/blog/gallamine/open-lidar-project-hack-neato-xv-11-lidar-200-bounty"