How do we add LIDAR to a ROS robot?

Companion blog post available at https://articulatedrobotics.xyz/mobil... Finished lidar.xacro file https://github.com/joshnewans/articub... Finished rplidar launch file https://github.com/joshnewans/articub... 00:00 - Intro 00:34 - What is LIDAR? 02:47 - LIDAR in ROS 04:35 - Adding a laser frame to our URDF 09:00 - Simulating LIDAR in Gazebo 14:43 - Integrating a real LIDAR 18:25 - Some extra tips 21:54 - Outro