Hi all,
I am working on a project where we are doing aerial 3D reconstruction of urban areas. Right now we are using structure from motion with a bunch of pictures, but we want to experiment with lasers.
We want to shine 1 or 2 lines from the quadcopter, record them with a video camera and detect divergence from a straight line and figure out distance.
I was looking at the wicked lasers (the 1.4W one) but after reading the reviews in this forum it is really a mixed bag, some people love them and some people hate them.
So the requirements are:
Needs to be seen 100m away (at night) when stretched as a line from a camera.
Needs to be able to withstand vibrations and minor knocks.
Shouldn't weigh more than half a kg
Less than 1000$usd would be nice.
If it easy to mount even better.
Here is some of the results we are getting, and want to improve upon.
Reconstructing urban areas with a quadcopter flown FPV - YouTube
Thanks!
I am working on a project where we are doing aerial 3D reconstruction of urban areas. Right now we are using structure from motion with a bunch of pictures, but we want to experiment with lasers.
We want to shine 1 or 2 lines from the quadcopter, record them with a video camera and detect divergence from a straight line and figure out distance.
I was looking at the wicked lasers (the 1.4W one) but after reading the reviews in this forum it is really a mixed bag, some people love them and some people hate them.
So the requirements are:
Needs to be seen 100m away (at night) when stretched as a line from a camera.
Needs to be able to withstand vibrations and minor knocks.
Shouldn't weigh more than half a kg
Less than 1000$usd would be nice.
If it easy to mount even better.
Here is some of the results we are getting, and want to improve upon.
Reconstructing urban areas with a quadcopter flown FPV - YouTube
Thanks!