Earthquake damaged buildings, bridges and other critical infrastructure may be evaluated more quickly for safety and response options following an event with new optical sensor technology and software ...

A project at Brazil's Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) has manufactured sensors for potential use in medical and industrial applications by laser writing onto fallen leaves. Published in ACS ...

UCC is part of a consortium that aims to boost various autonomous systems with laser sensors that can measure distances accurately and use less energy. European researchers are working on new laser ...

Research scientist and entrepreneur Sverre Dokken believes laser-based remote sensing has big potential in the maritime domain. But what is LADAR, who’s it for and what are the key benefits? “Our ...

French drone laser designator turns UAVs into strike maestros, marking targets for bombs and missiles from safe standoff ranges.

The profile sensors project a laser line transversely onto the wheel surface, which is located transversely to the direction of the track. A high quality optical system concentrates the diffuse ...

[Neumi] wrote in with a sweet robotics hack. It’s a 2D laser distance sensor (YouTube) made with a cheap line laser and an optical mouse’s flow-sensor chip used as a low-resolution camera. In one ...

A new fiber-optic laser system can measure wind speed and direction up to 1000 meters in front of a wind turbine, giving the massive machines enough precious seconds to proactively adapt to gusts and ...

A project at Penn State University has taken a step towards environmental sensors better able to detect multiple gas species simultaneously. The new approach exploits advances in laser writing ...

MORPHO (Manufacturing, Overhaul, Repair for Prognosis Health Overreach) was a Horizon 2020 funded research project (September 2021 – January 2025) that aimed to optimize the manufacturing and life ...