Re: Laser distance meters/ laser trackers

This is for work not home but you can be sure that if I thought I
could afford to make one myself I would. I don't want to build a
range finder, that would be silly, I just want a module to form part
of a tracker.

I'm not scanning but doing positoning in 3D space. You can't use
triabgulation as there is no means by which to aim it and that is what
provides the angle information.

Graham


--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Sebastien Bailard
<penguin@...> wrote:

>
> I looked into that a while back. It's a difficult problem,

especially to get

> the sub-mm accuracy we want in machining/object scanning.
> http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/laserlia.htm#liarfbl
>
> If you do figure it out, I hope you write it up, I think the

community would

> greatly benefit from a good set of plans for a laser range finder.
>
> I want something like this, myself:
> http://www.polhemus.com/?page=Scanning_Fastscan
> Handheld or machine-mounted, I'm not picky.
>
> Luckily, for sub-mm scanning these all you need is structured light

scanning.

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_scanner#Structured_light
>
> Here's a guy who's working on a turntable and structured-light based

scanner.

> He's fairly far along, but the website doesn't show that. When he's

done,

> he'll be writing it up and publishing stl files for the parts of the

scanner.

> http://www.splinescan.co.uk/index.php
>
> Steve Baker's scanner:
> http://www.sjbaker.org/projects/scanner/
>
> My humble efforts, done in an evening and then put on the back burner:
> http://objects.reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php/RepRap_Laser_Scanning_Head
>
> Are you sure you can't get the results you need using triangulation?

Much

> easier.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_scanner#Triangulation
>
> Regards,
> Sebastien Bailard
> RepRap.org - self-replicating 3D printer project.
>
> On Tuesday 07 November 2006 18:08, Harko Schwartz wrote:
> > Look at Optodyne they do the same thing as renishaw but in the

return of

> > the same signal
> >
> > Harko
> >
> > On 11/7/06, Graham Stabler <eexgs@...> wrote:
> > > I'm researching laser trackers at the moment with a view to

building a

> > > low resolution one.
> > >
> > > If you want to know what one is check out:
> > >
> > > http://www.faro.com/content.aspx?ct=uk&content=pro&item=3
> > >
> > >

http://www.leica-geosystems.com/corporate/en/products/laser_tracker/lgs_3

> > >5317.htm http://www.apisensor.com/
> > >
> > > Basically the head tracks a retro reflector and using the angle and
> > > the distance to the reflector works out position. The returned beam
> > > from the retro reflector is off-set unless the beam strikes the

centre

> > > and this is used for tracking control (servos try to keep zero

offset).

> > >
> > > Distance is determined by interferometry (incremental encoding)

or by

> > > time-of-flight phase shift methods that provide absolute distance
> > > measurement (ADM). Neither of this methods involve triangulation.
> > > These methods give increadible positioning accuracy (tens of

microns)

> > > at 10's of meters range.
> > >
> > > Leica do hand held laser distance meters accurate to +/-1.5mm, I

need

> > > something that can hold 1mm resolution accurately. I'm looking for
> > > distance measuring modules that can do that but am not having much
> > > look. I thought I'd cast a line to the group and ask. I'd prefer ADM
> > > but an interferometer would not be ruled out, Renishaw do them but
> > > they seem to have two beams, it must be single beam.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Graham
> >
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