Scribd
Upload
58 views1 page

Scanning in Motion - ZEB1 Handheld Mobile 3D Laser Scanner

The ZEB1 handheld mobile 3D laser scanner is a revolutionary new scanning device that is lightweight at only 700g and portable enough to take wherever you walk. It uses motion as part of the scanning process to automatically build a 3D point cloud in real-time without needing GPS. Some key benefits are its versatility for complex indoor and outdoor environments, low cost of use with no large software fees, and ease of use with minimal training. It has been successfully used for applications like underground mine mapping, crime scene documentation, and building information modeling.

Uploaded by

Bardalian
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
58 views1 page

Scanning in Motion - ZEB1 Handheld Mobile 3D Laser Scanner

The ZEB1 handheld mobile 3D laser scanner is a revolutionary new scanning device that is lightweight at only 700g and portable enough to take wherever you walk. It uses motion as part of the scanning process to automatically build a 3D point cloud in real-time without needing GPS. Some key benefits are its versatility for complex indoor and outdoor environments, low cost of use with no large software fees, and ease of use with minimal training. It has been successfully used for applications like underground mine mapping, crime scene documentation, and building information modeling.

Uploaded by

Bardalian
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 1

Cover

story
Scanning in motion – ZEB1
handheld mobile 3D laser scanner
Information from 3D Laser Mapping

With its origins in robotics, the ZEB1 handheld mobile 3D laser scanner is revolutionising the mobile
mapping sector. The scanner was developed by Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Organisation (CSIRO) to meet the need for a balanced combination of accuracy, range, resolution, field of
view, operating conditions, cost, weight, power consumption and complexity.

T
he ZEB1 scanner consists of Mobility Scanner can be taken wherever you walk
a laser scanning head with Hard-drive and battery sufficient for a full day of operation
an integrated IMU (inertial Can be used to scan stairways and complex terrain
measurement unit) attached to
700 g
a handle by a spring – winning it
Versatility Actuating motion (rotating or nodding)
colourful nicknames such as Zebedee
Trawling motion (statically mounted and painted across the environment)
and the wobbler. Weighing in at only
Limited training needed
700 g, it is said to be the lightest, most
Data Automatically processed in the same time it took to capture
portable laser scanning unit on the
processing Online software as a service with pay-as-you-go account
market (see Table 1).
No large software charges
Traditional mobile mapping systems
No recurring annual software maintenance fees
consist of a combination of GPS, high
Methodology Scan at normal walking pace
quality inertial measurement units
Walk in closed loops
(IMU) or tripod mounted tracking
systems. However, these systems Table 1: Features of the ZEB1 handheld mobile scanner.
cannot provide accurate data in areas
with no GPS (e.g. underground mines, the trajectory is used to project the been used by the Australian Technology
buildings, forests). In addition, these raw range measurements into a Park, the World Forum, The Hague, as
systems need to be mounted on a globally consistent 3D point cloud. The well as security services re-mapping
stable platform to reduce the motion software uses SLAM (Simultaneous buildings for change management
error due to vibrations and rotations. Localisation and Mapping) technology before significant events and building
With these limitations in mind, the which allows for self-registration of maps for firefighters and responders.
ZEB1 handheld mobile mapping laser the point cloud using features mapped Other applications include crime scene
scanner was developed to rapidly in the environment. The ZEB1 data mapping, scanning of important cultural
collect data in areas with no GPS, and products are comparable to high sites, decline clearance measurements,
to use motion as an integral part of the resolution terrestrial laser scanners tunnel convergence and vegetation
scanner function rather than let it be but operating at a fraction of the time mapping. The ZEB1 scanner is gaining
detrimental to the data collection. and cost. momentum in South African markets,
As the operator moves through the The ZEB1 has been successfully used having been adopted by companies
environment, the scanner which has a to map both indoor (e.g. the Leaning such as Anglo American.
2D scanning plane oscillates about the Tower of Pisa) and underground (e.g. Contact Dean Polley,
spring resulting in a 3D field of view. gold, platinum and diamond mines) 3D Laser Mapping, Tel 012 940-0515,
Using GeoSLAM proprietary software, environments. To date the scanner has [email protected]

Fig. 1: The ZEB1 handheld mobile 3D laser


scanner. Fig. 2: Laser scan imagery of an underground mine.

4 PositionIT – Jan/Feb 2014

You might also like