Currently there is a considerable development of small, lightweight, lidar systems, for applications in autonomous cars. The development gives possibilities to equip small UAVs with this type of sensor. Adding an active sensor component, beside the more common passive UAV sensors, can give additional capabilities. This paper gives experimental examples of lidar data and discusses applications and capabilities for the platform and sensor concept including the combination with data from other sensors. The lidar can be used for accurate 3D measurements and has a potential for detection of partly occluded objects. Additionally, positioning of the UAV can be obtained by a combination of lidar data and data from other low-cost sensors (such as inertial measurement units). The capabilities are attainable both for indoor and outdoor shortrange applications.


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    Title :

    Laser sensing from small UAVs


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Electro-Optical Remote Sensing XIV ; 2020 ; Online Only,United Kingdom


    Published in:

    Proc. SPIE ; 11538


    Publication date :

    2020-09-20





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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