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Army mapping drone fires mile-long lasers
The Army has a new laser-based 3D mapping robot, one that can create imagery of a surrounding area using, yes, lasers. It uses a mirror-based LIDAR system that "bounces a laser off a rapidly rotating mirror and gleans environmental information from how long it takes for each pulse to bounce back." Oh, OK!
What's really good about this for the Army is that it does what normally requires a $100,000 setup for about 1/5th of the cost. And what saves the Army money saves taxpayers money, at least in theory. So hey, thanks, robot!
Technology Review via Engadget
By anon at 3:12 PM ON 11/19/09
While this might be funded by the Army, it was developed by Mechanical Engineers at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. What's even cooler about it is that it is remote controlled from a manned quad ATV with a joystick and monitor - it's bad ass. Go to the original post at Engadget to see the resulting images and photo's.
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