SpectroScan 3D in SPIE Conference – May 1st, 2012 Posted: 6/23/2013
Laser Radar Technology and Applications XVII Baltimore, Maryland, USA | April 23, 2012
Future robots and autonomous vehicles require compact low-cost Laser Detection and Ranging (LADAR) systems for autonomous navigation. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) had recently demonstrated a brass-board short-range eye-safe MEMS scanning LADAR system for robotic applications. Boeing Spectrolab is doing a tech-transfer (CRADA) of this system and has built a compact MEMS scanning LADAR system with additional improvements in receiver sensitivity, laser system, and data processing system. Improved system sensitivity, low-cost, miniaturization, and low power consumption are the main goals for the commercialization of this LADAR system.
Low Cost Scanning LiDAR Imager Posted: 4/4/2013
Shows promise for autonomous vehicle mapping applications
Light Detection and Ranging
(LiDAR) systems, in various
forms, have become an essential
part of autonomous navigation of automobiles
and unmanned ground vehicles
(UGVs). Many LiDAR systems have
been tested in various robotic platforms
and UGVs which demonstrated mostly
obstacle avoidance capabilities.
In
addition to obstacle avoidance capabilities
3D perception is essential to many
mobile robotic systems, as robots are
increasingly required to operate in harsh
environments and interact safely and
effectively with humans, other vehicles,
and their environment. Furthermore,
in many applications besides locating
the obstacles, identification and
classification of objects is important for>
situational planning.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., March 8, 2010 Posted: 7/20/2012
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced it has begun offering a new, compact, energy-efficient camera that provides three-dimensional images for military and commercial applications.
Boeing Directed Energy Systems and wholly owned Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab have jointly developed the camera using their own research and development funding, and successfully tested it over the past two years by attaching it to mobile ground platforms and a Boeing AH-6 Little Bird helicopter. Equipped with advanced sensors that were developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory and transferred to Boeing under a teaming arrangement, the cube-shaped camera is one-third the size and uses one-tenth the power of most comparable 3-D imaging cameras.