Have not posted in a while, I see there is lots of feeds to catch up on. Here is a video and some photos of a large concrete floor slab that we checked some elevations on. I have been doing a few astro turf football fields that are being upgraded and few grass fields that are being changed to astro, and the topo spacing of the ground shots is very tight at 3 - 5m c/c's . I have ended up with back fatigue and issues after lifting and dropping the prism every 3m for the hundreds and sometimes thousands of shots that are needed on these jobs.
So on this big factory floor, I came up with this idea....
Rolling prisms tracked by robots, and it worked really well. Staked out rolling shots with a normal prism and pole were good. It was very productive and reduced work fatigue .
Some line of site issues !!
Given the relatively rough floor surface (compared to the typical office environment) and the relatively soft nature of the wheels (polyethylene?), I'd be wanting to check the prism height periodically to make sure wear isn't contaminating the measurements. Otherwise, it looks like a great solution.
I wondered where my chair casters went! Way to think out of the box. Technology has made all kinds of advancement with hardware while some of the simplest parts (like rods) stay the same. Thanks for sharing, Jp
Only way I can see to improve upon that concept is to outfit the rod man with roller skates!
Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.
RC Car?
Thats interesting. What kind of accuracy were you aiming for?? was the ranging pole good enough? As for similar projects, I would be using those sliding prism poles and damn the bending down takes a toll on the body.
Looks like a job for a Trimble TX8.
Looks pretty slick!
I miss seeing @pdop-10 posts...Wonder how Cape Town is doing with the water shortage? Saw a news feed it rained there finally.?ÿ
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Sorry guys , been a bit side tracked , got some interesting news and photos to post , will send something shortly?ÿ