EXTON, Pa., Oct. 7, 2015—Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced that Leica Geosystems will incorporate Bentley’s Acute3D reality modeling software into…
NM Group and Pulse Partner on UAV LiDAR Inspection Services for Electrical Power Utilities
Oct. 1, 2015—NM Group (Network Mapping, Inc), a leading data capture, analytics and engineering services provider to electrical utilities, today announced…
Infrastructure Outlook: What’s New in Reality Capture?
New reality-capture technologies are gaining ground as firms realize that the flexibility offered by new tools can improve designs, reduce clashes and…
Infrastructure Innovation: Developing Creative AEC Solutions with Drones
Drones are one of the technologies most likely to really “take off” and have a significant impact on our industry. Whether referred to as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), unmanned aircraft systems (UASs), remotely piloted aircraft, robots or drones, they’re…
Video Released of RIEGL’s New “Flying Laser Scanner” RiCOPTER
HORN, Austria, Oct. 17, 2014—RiCOPTER, RIEGL’s ready to fly remotely piloted airborne laser scanning system (equipped with the survey grade VUX-1 LiDAR sensor), was unveiled at Intergeo in Berlin last week with great excitement! RiCOPTER is a high-performance…
Breaking Through the Price Barrier for LiDAR Sensors, Velodyne Introduces 3D Real-Time ‘LiDAR Puck’ at $7,999
In a bid to dramatically expand the use of 3D LiDAR sensors in robotics, unmanned aerial vehicles and automation applications, Velodyne’s LiDAR Division today unveiled the Velodyne LiDAR Puck, dubbed the VLP-16. The new 16-channel real-time LiDAR sensor…
Use of Aibot X6 for Powerline Inspection Wins German Prize for Innovation
The German Institute of Management awarded the DeutschenIdeenPreis (the German Prize for ideas) to RWE Deutschland AG for the application of the hexcopter Aibot X6. The energy supplier came in first place in the category "Trend Idea – Ideas for Upcoming…
SimActive Unveils New One-Click Solution for UAVs
SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce a new one-click solution for UAV imagery. The new Correlator3D™ version 5.2 allows the automatic processing of an entire project in only one easy step. The full…
XactMaps Debuts World’s First GPS-Free UAV Aerial LIDAR Surveying and Mapping System
LIDAR technology, photogrammetry and other sensors continue to revolutionize the surveying and mapping industries, and the world is now buzzing about how UAV and unmanned vehicles may hold the future of these industries. But only within the last few years…
Aibotix Launches a New Generation of Copters with the Aibot X6 V2
The year 2014 has just started and the company Aibotix from Kassel presents its new version of the Aibot X6, the Aibot X6 V2, just on time for the new year. After having sold more than 150 copters worldwide, Aibotix starts off to the second round and puts…
