[release] rplidar_ros release 1.7.0

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -2,8 +2,14 @@
 Changelog for package rplidar_ros
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Forthcoming
------------
+1.7.0 (2018-07-19)
+------------------
+* Update RPLIDAR SDK to 1.7.0
+* support scan points farther than 16.38m
+* upport display and set scan mode
+* Contributors: kint
+
+
 1.6.0 (2018-05-21)
 ------------------
 * Release 1.6.0.

LICENSE

 Copyright (c) 2009 - 2014 RoboPeak Team
-Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016 Shanghai Slamtec Co., Ltd.
+Copyright (c) 2014 - 2018 Shanghai Slamtec Co., Ltd.
 All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without

launch/test_rplidar.launch

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
   <param name="frame_id"            type="string" value="laser"/>
   <param name="inverted"            type="bool"   value="false"/>
   <param name="angle_compensate"    type="bool"   value="true"/>
- 
+   <param name="scan_mode"           type="string" value="Sensitivity"/>
+
  </node>
   <node name="rplidarNodeClient"          pkg="rplidar_ros"  type="rplidarNodeClient" output="screen">
   </node>

package.xml

 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <package>
   <name>rplidar_ros</name>
-  <version>1.6.0</version>
+  <version>1.7.0</version>
   <description>The rplidar ros package, support rplidar A2/A1 and A3</description>
 
   <maintainer email="ros@slamtec.com">Slamtec ROS Maintainer</maintainer>