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Feat/add velodyne submodule
Description
This PR adds the master branch of the velodyne package as a sub module and enables the use of organized clouds to allow for more efficient calculation of normals.
This PR does the following:
- Adds the Velodyne package as a submodule
- Adds the option to enable organized clouds in velodyne_lidar.launch (false by default)
Fixes #508
Testing steps (If relevant)
- Connect to a Velodyne puck (http://wiki.ros.org/velodyne/Tutorials/Getting%20Started%20with%20the%20Velodyne%20VLP16)
- roslaunch igvc_platform velodyne_lidar.launch organize_cloud:="true"
Expectation: Should run normally.
Self Checklist
- [x] I have formatted my code using
make format - [ ] I have tested that the new behaviour works
Oh woops Wednesday we had all hands + some other stuff so we couldn't get to test it out then. Let's aim for the coming Wednesday to test this.