RIEGL miniVUX-1UAV
Series: RIEGL LiDAR scanners for drones
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The RIEGL miniVUX-1UAV is a laser scanner from Austria for UAVs, built for mid-sized multicopters. It weighs 1.55 kg and has a wavelength optimised for snow and ice. As a pure scanner, it needs a positioning system for georeferenced data.
The scanner reaches 170 m at 20 % reflectivity, 290 m at 60 % and 330 m at 80 %. The measurement rate is 100,000 per second at a 100 kHz pulse rate and up to 100 scans per second; up to 5 echoes per pulse capture ground and vegetation at once. The field of view is 360°. Accuracy is 15 mm (1.5 cm), precision 10 mm (1 cm). The pulse rate is not the same as the point rate, because several echoes per pulse yield several points.
The scanner is a laser device; the laser class given by the manufacturer (standard IEC 60825-1) is to be observed. The weight of 1.55 kg counts towards the take-off mass of the aircraft, which thereby lies in EU class C2 (below 4 kg) or higher up to C3 and C4 (25 kg). Surveys of large areas are often flown in the specific category, above all for flights beyond visual line of sight. Point clouds of built-up areas touch data-protection law.
RIEGL offers IMU and GNSS as a subsystem (RiLOC-E25 and RiLOC-F); without them the points stay in the sensor frame. The quality of georeferencing hinges on a rigid mount and clean synchronisation of scanner and positioning system. Wear points are the scanner window, the connectors and the beam-deflection mechanics; the window must not scratch. After knocks or hard landings the calibration is checked.
Technical data
Other data
| Field of view | 360 Gradcorrect |
|---|---|
| Horizontal accuracy (cm) | 1.5correct |
| IMU and GNSS integrated | nocorrect |
| Point rate (per s) | 100,000correct |
| Range (m) | 330 mcorrect |
| Returns per pulse | 5correct |
| Weight (g) | 1,550correct |
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