Autonomous aerial mapping, inspection, and maintenance
Capturing terrain aerially enables covering large areas quickly and easily, even in complex or difficult to access environments. LiDAR-equipped drones are being deployed in a multitude of use cases, such as inspection or mapping in various industries. Thanks to their compact size, low weight, and low power consumption, Blickfeld LiDARs are perfectly suited for use in UAVs.
Ultra-compact and lightweight LiDAR for drones
Compact size and lightweight design
Low power consumption
Wide field of view and long range
High accuracy and resolution
LiDAR in Drones: Keeping an eye on things
Industries
The inspection of wind turbines can be very labor intensive and therefore costly. Drones have allowed to significantly reduce the efforts for a safe and reliable inspection of the object’s structure and enabed remote maintenance by taking pictures of the turbines which serve as the basis for a state of the art safety inspection. LiDAR sensors support the autonomous flight and positioning of the drone in front of the turbine and thereby reduce the cost and the risk of inspection.
Climbing cellular towers for inspection is a thing of the past! Drones equipped with LiDAR sensors and additional sensing technology can collect the necessary data autonomously while the conductors operate them remotely, making inspections safer and more cost efficient.
LiDAR-equipped drones can collect accurate geospatial data. Flying over the assigned area, the LiDAR detects every elevation and creates a detailed 3D map of the terrain. Aerial mapping is often used in agricultre, archeology, construction, forestry, and mining.
Applications
The characteristics of Blickfeld’s LiDAR sensors enable a host of different drone applications.
Inspection and predictive maintenance
Use a drone to gather the needed information out of flight
Autonomous flight
Use 3D LiDAR data for collision warning in an avoidance system
3D Mapping
Map terrain by overflying it with a LiDAR-equipped drone
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LiDAR for wide FoV applications
More about LiDAR
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