3D flash lidar imager onboard UAV

A new generation of flash LiDAR sensor called GLidar-I is presented in this paper. The GLidar-I has been being developed by Guilin University of Technology in cooperating with the Guilin Institute of Optical Communications. The GLidar-I consists of control and process system, transmitting system and receiving system. Each of components has been designed and implemented. The test, experiments and validation for each component have been conducted. The experimental results demonstrate that the researched and developed GLiDAR-I can effectively measure the distance about 13 m at the accuracy level about 11cm in lab.

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