Getting the 2D laser data into MATLAB or Excel

Posted by alexr on
URL: http://official-rtab-map-forum.206.s1.nabble.com/Getting-the-2D-laser-data-into-MATLAB-or-Excel-tp318.html

Hi,

Is there a way to plot the saved 2D laser scans from the Hokuyo sesor into MATLAB or Excel. I can presently save the scans in .ply format and open them in Meshlab. However, for my research I need to get the data into MATLAB for further line extraction from the laser scans. Can you suggest a way, where in a simple way I can plot the laser scans. (I need the corrected assembled laser scans that is produced before and after optimization using the RTABMAP and graph SLAM)

Thanks

Alex