Hi,
I did email the Shop but it was suggested i post on here…
I am looking for a rotational scanner that will fit through a 75mm diameter opening (core hole in a wall) so approx sizes would need to be 50mm wide x 50mm high, the length doesn’t matter. The scanner will be used pretty much as an independent unit as i just need the scanner to give me a 2D point cloud plan as an output.
Many Thanks
Andy
Hello Andy,
Welcome to RobotShop community.
Please take a look at our various options and choose what fits your needs:
https://www.robotshop.com/en/catalogsearch/result/?q=Scanner&order=relevance&dir=desc
Let us know if you have any further questions.
Sincerely,
Hi Ebram,
Thanks for your response. I have already been through the website and couldn’t find what I need. Hence me asking on the forum. I need a product that is approx 50x50mm so it can fit in 75mm hole. Can you advise if you have product available or if there anything on the market elsewhere.
Many thanks
Hello @andyhodg,
Thank you for your reply.
It would be easier if you can provide us with a picture of the area where you want to put it.
Also the budget range and the working range of the LIDAR.
For the meantime, you can check this one:
Sincerely,
Hi Ebram,
Thanks for your reply again. absolutely, no problem… so an image of what the sensor needs to go through is:
you’re looking at/through a 75mm core through a brick wall. In some instances we find voids behind the wall, some are small 300-400mm some are large if they’re purpose built and could be upto 10m maybe larger. Its the voids we are looking to measure/map. I plan to take a series of 2d point cloud rings by rotating the scanner and stitching all the point cloud rings together to give me a 3d model.
I am looking to deploy the scanner horizontal so the point cloud ring is a in the X-Y plane. The size of the one you suggested would actually be 70mmx50mm and so too big as the core is circular.
Most of the ones i have looked at are all just to wide, hopefully I can find the right one.
I hope that give your a better idea of what i am looking to active, any help or advice would be much appreciated.
PS i am not an electronics or robotics expert by any stretch I am surveyor, but do enjoy coming up with and constructing solutions to problems!
Many Thanks,
Andy
Hi again Ebram,
I must have skipped over this one… RPLIDAR S1. this looks to be perfect for the task.
My next question would be what software do I need to view and log the output of the scanner on my laptop? i see some others can connect via USB and have their own application to view and log the output.
Thanks
Andy
Hello Andy,
Thank you for your reply.
This is a brilliant way to get your map done and yes, the RPLIDAR S1 should be a good fit for this task.
About the software and the communication protocol:
You can find all the needed details about that in the datasheet, you can use the Framegrabber software.
Let us know if there is anything else we can assist you with.
Sincerely,
