Hexagon reaches new heights with launch of Leica BLK2FLY Autonomous Indoor Scanning
Adds capability to autonomous flying laser scanner to scan indoor spaces safely and accurately
(Heerbrugg, Switzerland — August 29, 2023) Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, today announced a new capability for the Leica BLK2FLY: the ability to scan indoors, providing expanded coverage for complex scanning projects. The BLK2FLY now unlocks a new level of autonomy to build digital twins of entire structures, inside and outside.
3D reality capture of building exteriors and interiors is necessary to create complete digital twins. The BLK2FLY’s new indoor scanning capability expands users’ abilities to do this. Hexagon enhanced the autonomous UAV scanning system to allow for safe, effective indoor navigation and capturing. This capability also expands the BLK2FLY’s ability to capture various environments outdoors.The BLK2FLY can scan in areas without GNSS availability, opening reality capture opportunities in new settings and with new applications, including hazardous indoor areas like nuclear power plants. Increased performance of the autonomous navigation system heightens the sensor’s spatial awareness, allowing for obstacle avoidance in more confined spaces. This new capability relies upon advancements to Hexagon’s visual SLAM system, providing real-time spherical imaging that improves the BLK2FLY’s operating range to a radius of 1.5 meters.
“The BLK2FLY, with its advanced autonomous UAV-based scanning, redefined reality capture workflows for multiple industries, especially digital construction, architecture, historic preservation and utilities,” says Pascal Strupler, Business Director Autonomous Reality Capture at Hexagon’s Geosystems division. “Digital realities are a crucial component of those workflows, and now that the BLK2FLY is able to scan indoors, users can create complete, comprehensive digital twins of buildings and structures.”
The BLK2FLY complements Hexagon’s terrestrial and autonomous sensor portfolio, and when combined, they create complete coverage for any scanning project. Users can also take advantage of Reality Cloud Studio, powered by HxDR, Hexagon’s cloud application that enables uploading of data to the cloud from the field using a tablet or smartphone to register, mesh and create 3D models of their data from the field automatically.
The BLK2FLY’s new indoor scanning capabilities are a significant advancement in reality capture technology and are provided at no extra cost to all current and future BLK2FLY users. They are available via firmware update today.
Leica Geosystems – when it has to be right
Med mere end 200 års erfaring er Leica Geosystems, der er en del af Hexagon, den foretrukne leverandør af førsteklasses sensorer, software og tjenester. Leica Geosystems leverer værdi hver dag til fagfolk inden for landmåling, konstruktioner, infrastruktur, minedrift, kortlægning og andre brancher, der er afhængige af geospatialt indhold, og er førende inden for området med innovative løsninger til at styrke vores autonome fremtid.
Hexagon er en globalt førende virksomhed inden for sensor- og softwareløsninger samt autonome løsninger. Vi sætter data til at arbejde for at øge effektivitet, produktivitet og kvalitet i anvendelser inden for industri, produktion, infrastruktur, sikkerhed og mobilitet.
Vores teknologier udformer økosystemer i byer og produktionsmiljøer, så de bliver stadigt mere forbundne og autonome – til sikring af en skalerbar og bæredygtig fremtid.
Hexagons Geosystems-division leverer en omfattende portefølje af digitale løsninger, der registrerer, måler og visualiserer den fysiske verden og skaber mulighed for datadrevet transformation på tværs af branche-økosystemer.
Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) har omkring 24,500 medarbejdere i 50 lande og en nettoomsætning på ca. 5.4 mia. EUR. Få mere at vide på hexagon.com, og følg os på @HexagonAB.
Kontakt:
Leica Geosystems AG
En del af Hexagon
Reka Vasszi
reka.vasszi@hexagon.com
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