Thread: Indoor mapping
View Single Post
  #4   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 04-07-2013, 18:45
ekapalka's Avatar
ekapalka ekapalka is offline
Registered User
FRC #3216
 
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Bermuda
Posts: 277
ekapalka has a spectacular aura aboutekapalka has a spectacular aura about
Re: Indoor mapping

LiDAR sensors are EXPENSIVE, usually ranging in tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars. Even laser rangefinders cost thousands. The most "affordable" ones I've ever seen are here:

http://www.robotshop.com/high-end-la...detectors.html

(something's wrong with hyper-linking for me...) Architectural LiDAR sensors are usually on the high end. That doesn't mean you can't "scan" something using other technology, such as photography. Software exists for making 3D scans using a Kinect (other than 123DCatch. Software for scanning larger things. I'll look around). *edit* There's also acoustic scanning, using 4 or so microphones... MIT level stuff, but really cool, nonetheless

Last edited by ekapalka : 04-07-2013 at 18:50.