Tommy
Active member
Here is a little bit of inspiration for surveyors, techies, and pleasure cavers alike.
http://riser.xyz/
RISER is a smart quadcopter with some serious computing power strapped to it. Not only does it take a 3D LiDAR map of its surroundings (rather like tens of thousands of Disto readings in all directions), but it uses this map to navigate and avoid collisions.
I've had the pleasure to work with the guys at Createc for the previous two summers (although not directly on RISER, I must add) where this project has moved through varying stages of development, it is currently being trialled by Easyjet for automated and adaptive fleet inspection.
There was a related project in a fairly recent CREG journal that involved sweeping (more like wobbling) a LiDAR unit around on a handheld stick - a more space-friendly, though manually operated option. Does anyone have any information about that project? My copy has disappeared in a recent house move.
Can anyone think of any uses in the domain of the caver?
http://riser.xyz/
RISER is a smart quadcopter with some serious computing power strapped to it. Not only does it take a 3D LiDAR map of its surroundings (rather like tens of thousands of Disto readings in all directions), but it uses this map to navigate and avoid collisions.
I've had the pleasure to work with the guys at Createc for the previous two summers (although not directly on RISER, I must add) where this project has moved through varying stages of development, it is currently being trialled by Easyjet for automated and adaptive fleet inspection.
There was a related project in a fairly recent CREG journal that involved sweeping (more like wobbling) a LiDAR unit around on a handheld stick - a more space-friendly, though manually operated option. Does anyone have any information about that project? My copy has disappeared in a recent house move.
Can anyone think of any uses in the domain of the caver?