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Skydio 3D Scan™
A new era of mapping, structure inspection, and scene reconstruction.
A.I. Flight Services employs Skydio 3D Scan™, the first-of-its-kind adaptive scanning software built on top of Skydio Autonomy, the autonomous flight engine behind every Skydio drone. 3D Scan builds a model of the scene, allowing the drone to automate the data capture process needed to generate 3D models with comprehensive coverage and ultra-high resolution. That means we can perform higher quality inspections in less time and with higher precision.
We will never trade off quality for safety. Traditional 3D modeling, based on manual drones , requires pilots to fly far from their inspection subjects to avoid collisions, while trying to guarantee sufficient data capture using rudimentary waypoint flights or simply guess-as-you-go manual flight. The result is an inefficient and high-risk process for even the most skilled pilots, lengthier photogrammetry processing times, and ultimately lesser model quality. With 3D Scan, we can get in as close as 4 inches if we need to without fear of a collision.
Skydio 3D Scan™ Features
ADAPTIVE
MAPPING
Groundbreaking airborne data capture engine built on top of Skydio Autonomy to iteratively build a global map of complex surfaces using contour-hugging motion planning software. It reduces the need for A.I. Flight Services to plan photogrammetry capture flights by hand or settle for rudimentary automation.
2D
MAPPING
The drone will fly a planar lawnmower pattern with full obstacle avoidance while capturing cross-hatched photos to generate 2D orthomosaics. With your assistance, A.I. Flight Services can define the scan without reliance on GPS, LTE connection, or base maps.
3D
CAPTURE
The drone will navigate autonomously through our defined scan volume, ensuring comprehensive capture of imagery to capture every surface at a predefined resolution and overlap. It enables complex scans, even in GPS-denied environments such as indoors and below overhangs, without requiring any prior knowledge about the structure.
VISUAL
GEOFENCING
A.I. Flight Services can specify operating bounds by constraining the drone to a defined scan volume. Delivers higher precision than GPS-based methods by using boundaries that adapt to the scan volume, and helps reduce ground risk, e.g. crowded areas, bridges, highways, or in a tactical BVLOS waiver area.
EDGE
MODEL VIEWER
Edge-computing solution that allows us, and the customer, to view a simplified 3D model of a scanned scene on a web app served directly from the drone to their laptop or mobile device in the field.