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    Step 1

    Get Required Hardware:

    -Teraranger One LIDAR module ($160)

    -Mini USB to USB cable

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    Step 2

    Now it is time to setup your software.

    I am personally running Ubuntu 14.04 on a VMware virtual machine. It is recommended you use this version along with the ROS version I will use since these are both software versions that offer long term support and thus provided more documentation and less confusion.

    Once you have your OS set up it is time to install the Robot Operating System (ROS)

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    Step 3

    I am using ROS Indigo (release versions are in alphabetical order).

    ROS Indigo is the long term support release of the Robot Operating System frame work.

    To install, follow these instructions. They are very thorough and offer trouble shooting solutions (to re-create them here would not do them justice).

    Here is a link to the installation instructions.

    http://wiki.ros.org/ROS/Installation

    Continue and complete through "creating a create workspace"