This week, I focused on initiating the development of the codebase to process data from the LiDAR sensor. As part of this process, I began writing code to convert the data received from the sensor, which includes angles and distance for each sample, into points that form a point cloud. For this process, I used the RPLidar-roboticia module, which is a module designed for working with the RPLidar laser scanner. I successfully collected data from the lidar sensor and converted it into a set of 3D points in an array.
In the next week, I hope to finalize the code for generating the point cloud from the LiDAR sensor data. I also hope to delve into testing the creation of a 3D mesh using PyVista.