discussion / Sensors  / 17 October 2022

Using lidar to 3d scan animal burrows

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I'm using the LiDAR Scanner in my iPad to scan black-footed cat burrows in Namibia, but I want to construct a probe with a small LiDAR Scanner on the head to scan deeper. Does anybody here know of any appropriate small scanner heads I could put on the end of a probe? It would need to be less than 6cm across (preferably smaller), scan at very short distances with a wide angle, and work in low/no light. The closest I can find is a the Intel RealSense LiDAR Camera L515 but it's out of production. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!