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RedTail LiDAR Systems Unveils Innovative LiDAR System for Small Drones

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RedTail LiDAR Systems Unveils Innovative LiDAR System for Small Drones

The RTL-450 incorporates a lightweight MEMS mirror and a precision navigation system to generate accurate data for the most demanding of aerial surveying missions. The high-resolution, three-dimensional point clouds created by the RTL-450 provide operators an unsurpassed ability to conduct advanced analytics of geographic and manmade features on the earth's surface.

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Optimal LiDAR Data Resolution Analysis for Object Classification

Citation: Darrah, M.; Richardson, M.; DeRoos, B.; Wathen, M. Optimal LiDAR Data Resolution Analysis for Object Classification. Sensors 2022, 22, 5152. https://doi.org/10.3390/ s22145152

Optimal LiDAR Data Resolution Analysis for Object Classification

Abstract: When classifying objects in 3D LiDAR data, it is important to use efficient collection methods and processing algorithms. This paper considers the resolution needed to classify 3D objects accurately and discusses how this resolution is accomplished for the RedTail RTL-450 LiDAR System. We employ VoxNet, a convolutional neural network, to classify the 3D data and test the accuracy using different data resolution levels. The results show that for our data set, if the neural network is trained using higher resolution data, then the accuracy of the classification is above 97%, even for the very sparse testing set (10% of original test data set point density). When the training is done on lower resolution data sets, the classification accuracy remains good but drops off at around 3% of the original test data set point density. These results have implications for determining flight altitude and speed for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to achieve high accuracy classification. The findings point to the value of high-resolution point clouds for both the training of the convolutional neural network and in data collected from a LiDAR sensor.

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RedTail Delivers LiDAR System to DoD’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Community

RedTail Delivers LiDAR System to DoD’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Community

Fairmont, WV, October 4, 2021 — RedTail LiDAR Systems, a leader in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) mirror-based light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology, has delivered six LiDAR systems to the 707th Ordnance Company stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. These systems will provide Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians an opportunity to assess how LiDAR can be used to enhance their operations.



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