原文参见:http://www.lidarnews.com/content/view/9723/ Look – Up in the Air, It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane… No It’s Just Another Drone Print Written by Fran Rabuck Saturday, 11 May 2013 无人机UAVs:采用iPad或者安卓手机控制飞行。 Drones as they’re commonly called or UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) have shown applications in other areas as well. They are being used as a tool for border control, fire/safety/rescue missions, aerial inspections of power lines, and yes even on large scale systems for aerial photography and LiDAR scanning. 价格:AR Drone 300美金。 两个软件公司:senseFly and Pix4D. 应用领域:建筑,景观,城市,矿场,农田等。 “…Mapping a construction site, landscape, cityscape or mine, monitoring industrial sites, managing agricultural land... The drone developed by senseFly, the result of 6 years of research in the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at EPFL, facilitates the work of experts across various fields.” 纳米无人机: This is creating a new class of “nano-drone” products like the DragonFly that are as small as an insect. 小型lidar系统: Advanced Scientific Concepts has worked on developing small, light weight LiDAR scanners. These small LiDAR components are available now from Advanced Scientific Concepts with the TigerEye 3D flash LiDAR camera.