Can lidar be purchased for hobbyist use yet?
Depends on your budget and the resolution you need.
E.g Livox mid 360 https://store.dji.com/en/product/livox-mid-360
https://www.adafruit.com/product/4010
I haven’t done it myself but I’ve heard of people harvesting LiDAR units from their old/broken robot vacuums.
Check out PiLIDAR for one of many options:
https://github.com/PiLiDAR/PiLiDAR
Depends on your budget and the resolution you need.
E.g Livox mid 360 https://store.dji.com/en/product/livox-mid-360
https://www.adafruit.com/product/4010
I haven’t done it myself but I’ve heard of people harvesting LiDAR units from their old/broken robot vacuums.
Check out PiLIDAR for one of many options:
https://github.com/PiLiDAR/PiLiDAR