Abstract: An on-site test facility and method for validation of an off-road vehicle intervention system onboard an utility vehicle, for example at a mine, using a testing area in the field with a test lane and a computer unit configured to emulate a virtual test object by generating and transmitting a RF-signal corresponding to RF-signal of a real object being in risk of collision with the oversized vehicle when a driver is driving the utility vehicle on the test lane.

Abstract: A GNSS antenna system for receiving GNSS signals in the L1 and L2/L5 frequency band, and to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising the GNSS antenna system.

Abstract: A system for providing 3D surveying of an environment by an autonomous robotic vehicle comprising a SLAM unit for carrying out a simultaneous localization and mapping process, a path planning unit to determine a path to be taken by the autonomous robotic vehicle, and a lidar device. The lidar device is configured to generate the lidar data which allows the SLAM unit to receive the lidar data as part of the perception data for the SLAM process. The path planning unit is configured to determine the path to be taken by carrying out an evaluation of a further trajectory within a map of the environment in relation to an estimated point distribution map for an estimated 3D point cloud, which is provided by the lidar device on the further trajectory and projected onto the map of the environment.

Abstract: A system for 3D surveying of an environment by an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has two lidar devices. A reference unit has a first and a second marker in a spatially fixed arrangement. An automatic detection of the first marker is carried out for a coordinative measurement by the first lidar device to determine relative position data for providing relative position information of the first marker with respect to the first lidar device. The relative position data and spatial 3D information is used for an automatic detection and a coordinative measurement of the second marker by the second lidar device. The coordinative measurements are used for a referencing of lidar data of the UGV lidar device and lidar data of the UAV lidar device with respect to a common coordinate system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to three-dimensional reality capturing of an environment, wherein data of various kinds of measurement devices are fused to generate a three-dimensional model of the environment. In particular, the invention relates to a computer-implemented method for registration and visualization of a 3D model provided by various types of reality capture devices and/or by various surveying tasks.

Abstract: The invention relates to a computer implemented method for identifying transparent and/or mirroring plane candidates from measurement data resulting from scanning an environment by a laser scanner emitting distance measuring light pulses.

Abstract: The invention relates to a computer implemented UAV control method comprising, in a target selection mode, the steps of displaying on a touch sensitive display a 3D-view of an environment of a UAV; Overlaying a moveable target indicating symbol to the 3D-view of the environment, wherein the target indicating symbol is moveable in the 3D-view by a touch input; While moving the target indicating symbol, continuously determining a location of the target indicating symbol in the 3D-view and dynamically changing the appearance of the target indicating symbol such that it creates the impression of being displayed in an orientation matching the orientation of a face over which the target indicating symbol is located wherein the orientation of the respective face is derived from stored 3D-data or from the 3D-view; And selecting a target based on the location of the target indicating symbol.

Abstract: A construction machine comprising a chassis, a steering, and a powertrain for driving the construction machine by the chassis, an earth-moving tool for working a terrain, and a measuring system having a first measuring unit configured for generating first measuring data in a first detection range and comprising at least a first camera and a first LiDAR scanner configured for rotating a first measuring beam around a first axis and around a second axis non-parallel to the first axis with a rotating speed of at least 0.5 Hz with respect to each axis, an interface connecting the first measuring unit to a computer configured for, based on the first measuring data, at least one of generating a three-dimensional model of the terrain within the first detection range, identifying an obstacle or a person within the first detection range, and controlling the steering, the powertrain, and/or the earth-moving tool.