Review on 🔍 Seeed Studio RPLIDAR A1M8-R6 360° 2D Laser Range Scanner Kit, High-Sample Rate of 8000 Times and 12m Detection Range Radar Sensor Module for Intelligent Obstacle Detection, Robotics, Avoidance, and Maker Education by James Nedumaran

Phenomenal sensor for your autonomous robot! You must be able to program to use it. It includes a bit of sample code for C. It's an old design, but works exceptionally well indoors. I have verified that the maximum range outdoors at night is around 16,000 mm (52 ft) (ideal conditions). Indoors, it works easily up to 8000mm/26ft. The Windows tools it works with are bloated and may have security issues (I'm a cybersecurity expert and they bother me!). I recommend using third party tools (Robot OS, C/C++, Python, etc.). The device was tested in minutes and working with my robot in hours. Exceptional device for the price!