Velodyne LiDAR PUCK

Velodyne's new VLP-16 sensor is the smallest, newest, and most advanced product in Velodyne’s 3D LiDAR product range. Vastly more cost-effective than similarly priced sensors, and developed with mass production in mind, it retains the key features of Velodyne’s breakthroughs in LiDAR: Real-time, 360°, 3D distance and calibrated reflectivity measurements.

Specifications:

Sensor:

• Time of flight distance measurement with calibrated reflectivities

• 16 channels

• Measurement range up to 100 meters

• Accuracy: +/- 3 cm (typical)

• Dual returns

• Field of view (vertical): 30° (+15° to -15°)

• Angular resolution (vertical): 2°

• Field of view (horizontal/azimuth): 360°

• Angular resolution (horizontal/azimuth): 0.1° - 0.4°

• Rotation rate: 5 - 20 Hz

Data provided by Real Earth.

Data provided by XactSense.

Data provided by Phoenix Aerial Systems.

VEHICLE LOCALIZATION

Single VLP16 (Velodyne 16) is being used for map based localization in fusion with IMU/Wheel-Encoder and prior 3D map (build using pose graph SLAM). A step towards low-cost localization.

UAV LIDAR MAPPING SYSTEM

This video is an overview of the Phoenix Aerial AL3-16 Lidar Mapping system. In this video, a DJI S1000 is used and for the demonstration, we flew over an over an open pit. You'll see how Lidar can pick up points underneath vegetation vs Photogrammetry will only map tree canopy.

UAV AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING

First experiment with the Velodyne Lidar 'Puck' mounted on a brushless gimbal on a Devourer X8 heavy-lift multi-rotor UAV.

LiDAR PUCK VLP-16 lidar Shipping List

1*VLP-16 lidar

1*junction box

1*Network cable

1*Power adapter