The new RIEGL VUX-180²⁴ is a lightweight and versatile airborne laser scanner offering a wide field of view of 75 degrees and an extremely high pulse repetition rate of up to 2.4 MHz. These features – in combination with an increased scan speed of up to 800 lines/second – make the RIEGL VUX-180²⁴ perfectly suited for high speed surveying missions and applications where an optimal line and point distribution is required.

The RIEGL VUX-180²⁴ makes use of RIEGL's unique Waveform-LiDAR technology, allowing echo digitization and online waveform processing. Multi-target resolution is the basis for penetrating even dense foliage.

For smooth and straightforward data storage, the scanner provides an internal data storage capacity of 2 TByte and a removable CFast^® card. Interfaces for the integration of an appropriate external IMU/GNSS system and up to five optional external cameras are available

The sophisticated design of the RIEGL VUX-180²⁴ – already proven in the RIEGL VUX-120, VUX-160, and VUX-240 series – enables smooth integration with fast-flying UAS/UAV/RPAS, small manned airplanes and helicopters. It is offered both, as a stand-alone UAV LiDAR sensor and also in various fully-integrated UAV-based laser scanning system configurations with appropriate IMU/GNSS system and optional cameras. This allows the scanner to perfectly meet all the specific requirements of the customer's applications.

Main Features

• scan speed up to 800 lines/second
• laser pulse repetition rate up to 2.4 MHz
• measurement rate up to 2,000,000 meas./sec
• operating flight altitude up to 980 m / 3,250 ft
• Field of View up to 75°
• compact & lightweight (2.7 kg / 5.9 lbs)
• cutting-edge RIEGLtechnology providing: echo signal digitization, multiple target capability, online waveform processing, multiple-time-around processing
• easily mountable to unmanned platforms (UAVs) and small manned aircraft
• mechanical and electrical interface for IMU/GNSS integration
• interfaces for up to 5 external cameras
• scan data storage on internal SSD Memory
• removable CFAST^® memory card

Main Applications

• High-Speed Corridor Mapping and High-Density Applications: e.g. mapping and monitoring of critical infrastructure like power lines, railway tracks, pipelines, runways
• Topography in Open-Cast Mining
• Surveying of Urban Environments
• Agriculture & Forestry

The new RIEGL VUX-160²³ is a lightweight and versatile airborne laser scanner offering a wide field of view of 100 degrees and an extremely high pulse repetition rate of up to 2.4 MHz. Thus, it is perfectly suited for high point density corridor mapping applications.

The measuring beam of the RIEGL VUX-160²³ is consecutively emitted in three different directions: it alternates from strictly nadir, to +10 degrees forward, and to -10 degrees backward. This allows data acquisition with an unrivaled completeness in data capture, especially in challenging environments with vertical surfaces and narrow canyons.

The scanner provides an internal data storage capacity of 1 TByte and a removable CFAST® card and is equipped with interfaces for integration of an external INS/GNSS system. Additionally, interfaces for up to five optional external cameras are available.

The sophisticated design of the RIEGL VUX-160²³ allows smooth integration on UAS/UAV/RPAS, small manned aeroplanes (like gyro-copters), but also on helicopters. It is offered both, as stand-alone UAV LiDAR sensor and also in various fully-integrated UAV-based laser scanning system configurations with appropriate INS/GNSS system and optional cameras. This allows the scanner to perfectly meet all the specific requirements of the customers‘ applications.

Main Features

• Laser pulse repetition rate up to 2.4 MHz
• Measurement rate up to 2,000,000 meas./sec
• Scan speed up to 400 lines/second
• Operating flight altitude up to 900 m/2,950 ft
• Field of View up to 100º
• Compact & lightweight (2.65 kg/5.8 lbs)
• Nadir/Forward/Backward Scanning for unrivaled completeness of scan data even on vertical structures and narrow canyons
• Cutting edge RIEGL technology providing: echo signal digitization, multiple target capability, online waveform processing, multiple-time-around processing
• Easily mountable to unmanned platforms (UAVs) and small manned aircraft
• Mechanical and electrical interface for INS/GNSS integration
• Interfaces for up to 5 external cameras
• Scan data storage on internal SSD Memory
• Removable CFAST® memory card

Main Applications

• Corridor Mapping: Power Line, Railway Track and Pipeline Inspection
• Topography in Open-Cast Mining
• Surveying of Urban Environments
• Archeology and Cultural Heritage Documentation
• Agriculture & Forestry

The RIEGL VUX-240²⁴ is the new version of the proven RIEGL VUX-240, offering higher pulse repetition rates and faster scanning speed for further increased field performance and workflow efficiency. The sophisticated design enables integration with UAS/UAV/RPAS and adequate crewed airplanes or helicopters.

With its wide field of view of 75 degrees and an extremely fast data acquisition rate of up to 2.4 MHz, the instrument is perfectly suited for high-point density applications.

A continuously rotating polygon mirror wheel enables scan speeds of up to 600 lines per second, for efficiently covering large areas when operated from fast UAVs or aircraft.

The VUX-240²⁴ makes use of RIEGL's unique Waveform-LiDAR technology, allowing echo digitization and online waveform processing. Multi-target resolution is the basis for penetrating even dense foliage.

The scanner provides an internal data storage capacity of 2 TByte and is equipped with interfaces for an external IMU/GNSS system as well as to control up to four external cameras.

Main Features

• laser pulse repetition rate up to 2.4 MHz
• measurement rate up to 2,000,000 meas./sec
• scan speed up to 600 lines/second
• operating flight altitude up to 1,430m / 4,700 ft
• Field of View up to 75°
• perfectly linear and parallel scan lines
• cutting-edge RIEGL technology providing: echo signal digitization, multiple target capability, online waveform processing, multiple-time-around processing
• compact & lightweight
• easily mountable to unmanned platforms (UAVs) and to helicopters, gyrocopters, and other crewed aircraft
• mechanical and electrical interface for IMU/GNSS integration (optional)
• interfaces for up to 4 optional cameras
• scan data storage on internal 2 TByte SSD Memory
• removable CFAST^® memory card

Main Applications

• corridor mapping: power line, railway track, and pipeline inspection
• topography in open-cast mining
• surveying of urban environments
• archeology and cultural heritage documentation
• agriculture & forestry

• Designed for combined topographic and bathymetric airborne and UAV-based survey
• High accuracy ranging based on echo digitization and online waveform processing with multiple-target capability
• Concurrent comprehensive full waveform storage for all measurements for subsequent full waveform analysis
• High spatial resolution due to measurement rate of up to 200 kHz and high scanning speed of up to 100 scans/sec
• Integrated inertial navigation system (optional)
• Additional, fully integrated infrared laser rangefinder or integrated digital camera (optional)
• Compact, lightweight and robust housing compliant with typical hatches in aircrafts and with stabilized platforms

• Mapping of Coastal Lines
• Coastline and Shallow Water Mapping
• Surveying for Hydraulic Engineering
• Hydro-Archaeological-Surveying

The new RIEGL VQ-840-GL is a fully integrated, compact airborne laser scanner for combined topographic and bathymetric surveying. The LiDAR system is now offered in a new design. Maintaining the proven form factor, the internal redesign and use of very lightweight material enables a reduced weight of less than 10 kg (22 lbs), making the VQ-840-GL even more suitable for UAV integration.

The scanner carries out laser range measurements for high resolution surveying of underwater topography with a narrow, visible green laser beam, emitted from a pulsed laser source. Subject to clarity, at this particular wavelength the laser beam penetrates water enabling measurement of submerged targets.

The distance measurement is based on the time-of-flight measurement with very short laser pulses and subsequent echo digitization and online waveform processing. To handle target situations with most complex multiple echo signals, beside the online waveform processing the digitized echo waveforms can be stored on the removable data storage card for subsequent off-line full waveform analysis.

The laser beam is deflected in an elliptic scan pattern and hits the water surface at an incidence angle with low variation.

The VQ-840-GL can be complemented with an inertial navigation sensor for subsequent estimation of the instrument’s location and orientation. As a further option a high-resolution digital camera can be integrated. The rugged internal mechanical structure together with the dust- and splash water proof housing enables long-term operation on airborne platforms.

Main Features

• Designed for combined topographic and bathymetric airborne and UAV-based survey
• High accuracy ranging based on echo digitization and online wave-form processing with multiple-target capability
• Concurrent comprehensive
• Full waveform storage for all measurements for subsequent
• Full waveform analysis
• High spatial resolution due to measurement rate of up to 200 kHz and high scanning speed of up to 100 scans/sec
• Integrated inertial navigation system (optional)
• Integrated digital camera (optional)
• Compact, lightweight and robust housing compliant with typical hatches in aircrafts and with stabilized platforms

Main Applications

• Coastline and Shallow Water Mapping
• Surveying for Hydraulic Engineering
• Hydro-Archaeological-Surveying
• River Surveying
• Repeated Survey of Water Reservoirs

The RIEGL VUX-1UAV²² is a very lightweight and compact laser scanner, meeting the challenges of emerging survey solutions by UAS/UAV/RPAS both in measurement performance as well as in system integration. Regarding the specific constraints and flight characteristics of the UAS, the RIEGL VUX-1UAV²² is designed to be mounted in any orientation and even under limited weight and space conditions. Modest in power consumption, the instrument requires only a single power supply. The entire data set of an acquisition campaign is stored onto an internal 1 TByte SSD and/or provided as real-time line scan data via the integrated LAN-TCP/IP interface.

The RIEGL VUX-1UAV²² provides highspeed data acquisition using a narrow infrared laser beam and a fast line scanning mechanism. High-accuracy laser ranging is based on RIEGL's unique echo digitization and online waveform processing, which enables achieving superior measurement results even under adverse atmospheric conditions, and the evaluation of multiple target echoes. The scanning mechanism is based on an extremely fast rotating mirror, which provides fully linear, unidirectional, and parallel scan lines, resulting in excellent regular point pattern.

Main Features
• 10 mm survey-grade accuracy
• Scan speed up to 200 scans / second
• PRR freely selectable
• Measurement rate up to 1,200,000 meas./sec
• (@ 1200 kHz PRR & 360° FOV)
• Operating flight altitude more than 2,640 ft
• Field of view up to 360° for practically unrestricted data acquisition
• Regular point pattern, perfectly parallel scan lines
• Cutting edge RIEGL technology providing
• - Echo signal digitization
• - Online waveform processing
• - Multiple-time-around processing
• Multiple target capability - up to 15 targets echoes
• Compact (227x180x125 mm), lightweight (3.5 kg), and rugged
• Easily mountable to professional UAS / UAV / RPAS
• Mechanical and electrical interface for IMU mounting
• Electrical interfaces for GPS data string and Sync Pulse (1PPS)
• LAN-TCP/IP interface
• Scan data storage on internal 1TByte SSD Memory

Main Applications
• Agriculture & forestry
• Archeology and cultural heritage documentation
• Corridor Mapping: power line, railway track, and pipeline inspection
• Topography in Open-Cast Mining
• Construction-site monitoring
• Surveying of urban environments
• Resource management

• Extremely compact, lightweight (1.55 kg), and robust
• 360º field of view
• Stable aluminum housing, ready to be mounted to fixed-wing, rotary-wing, and multi-rotor UAVs
• RIEGL's unique echo signal digitization and online waveform processing
• Multiple target capability - up to 5 target echoes per laser shot
• Scan speed up to 100 scans/sec
• Measurement rate up to 100,000 measurements/sec
• Mechanical and electrical interface for IMU mounting
• Exceptionally well suited for measuring snowy and icy terrain

• Agriculture & Forestry
• Archeology and Cultural Heritage Documentation
• Construction-Site Monitoring
• Glacier and Snowfield Mapping
• Landslide Monitoring

The RIEGL miniVUX-3UAV is an extremely lightweight airborne laser scanner, designed specifically for integration with UAS/UAV/RPAS. The sister type of the proven RIEGL miniVUX-2UAV and RIEGL miniVUX-1UAV sensor offers a selectable 100 kHz, 200 kHz, and 300 kHz laser pulse repetition rate (PRR). With 300 kHz PRR, the sensor provides up to 100,000 measurements per second at 120° FoV and thus a dense point pattern on the ground for UAV-based applications that require the acquisition of small objects.

The small and sophisticated design of the stable aluminum housing offers various integration possibilities with platforms that offer restricted space or payload capabilities. The 360° field of view allows complete acquisition of the environment.

An easy-to-remove SD card for data storage, and/or the option for streaming the scan data via LAN-TCP/IP interface, in combination with the modest power consumption of the scanner, enable straight-forward integration with most UAS/UAV/RPAS types.

The RIEGL miniVUX-3UAV makes use of RIEGL’s unique Waveform-LiDAR technology, allowing echo digitization and online waveform processing. Multi-target resolution is the basis for penetrating even dense foliage. As a further special feature, the wavelength is optimized for the measurement of snowy and icy terrain.

In addition to the stand-alone version of the miniVUX-3UAV, RIEGL also offers fully integrated system solutions.

NEW: As an entry-level IMU/GNSS solution, RIEGL provides RiLOC, an integrated component to complement RIEGL's kinematic LiDAR systems for localization and orientation of LiDAR data in a reference coordinate system. This fully integrated subsystem with a small and lightweight form factor is directly attached to the housing of the miniVUX-1UAV or miniVUX-3UAV. RiLOC itself consists of one or two GNSS receivers, an inertial measurement unit, and a data acquisition controller with accompanying software. RiLOC makes use of tight coupling in processing inertial, GNSS and LiDAR data.

Main Features

• 100 kHz / 200 kHz / 300 kHz Laser PRR selectable
• Measurement rate up to 200,000 measurements/sec
• Scan speed up to 100 scans/sec
• Very compact & lightweight (1.55 kg / 3.4 lbs)
• Up to 360° field-of-view
• Robust aluminum housing, ready to be mounted on multi-rotor, rotary-wing, and fixed-wing UAVs
• Makes use of RIEGL's unique echo signal digitization and online waveform processing
• Multiple target capability – up to 5 target echoes per laser shot
• Mechanical and electrical interface for IMU mounting
• Exceptionally well suited to measure in snowy and icy terrains
• User-friendly, application- and installation-oriented solutions for integration

Main Applications

• Agriculture & Forestry
• Glacier and Snowfield Mapping
• Archeology and Cultural Heritage Documentation
• Construction-Site Monitoring
• Landslide Monitoring

The RIEGL RiCOPTER is the first unmanned aircraft system developed and manufactured by a leading provider of laser scanners and scanning systems and offers the first-class technique and system efficiency RIEGL is well known for in commercial civil surveying market.

The robust and reliable airborne scanner carrying platform provides full mechanical and electrical integration of sensor system components into aircraft fuselage. The extremely lightweight carbon fiber main frame, foldable propeller arrier arms, and shock-absorbing undercarriage enable stable flight, safe landings and handy transportation. The flight characteristics of the X-8 array octocopter are smooth and stable in hovering positions as well as in demanding flight maneuvers under challenging conditions. 

The RiCOPTER can be equipped with different sensors up to an overall maximum payload of 16 kg (sensors and power supply).

For surveying missions, the RiCOPTER is equipped with the RIEGL VUX-SYS for RiCOPTER, comprising the VUX-1UAV LiDAR sensor, a IMU/GNSS unit, a control unit, and up to four high-resolution cameras.

Main Features:

• High performance X-8 array foldable octocopter
• Payload weight 16 kg (sensors and power supply)
• Maximum Take-off Mass (MTOM) <25 kg
• Flight endurance with maximum load 30 minutes
• Operating flight altitude AGL of > 500 ft (operational limits for civil unmanned aircraft according to national regulations to be observed)
• Cushioned landing legs and shock-absorbing undercarriage for stable flights and save landings
• Foldable propeller carrier arms, integrated carrying handle, and special box for transportation

Main Applications:

• Precision Agriculture
• Topography in Open-Cast Mining
• Terrain and Canyon Mapping
• Surveying of Urban Environments
• Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Documentation
• Construction-Site Monitoring
• Corridor Mapping:
• Power Line
• Railway Track
• Pipeline Inspection

To use the RiCOPTER for acquisition of high-accuracy, high-resolution laser scan and image data, the UAS is equipped with the RIEGL VUX-SYS, comprising the VUX-1UAV LiDAR sensor, a IMU/GNSS unit, a control unit, and up to four high-resolution cameras.

The RIEGL VUX-SYS is a complete miniaturized airborne laser scanning system solution of low weight and compact size for flexible use in UAS/UAV/RPAS, helicopter, gyrocopter and ultra-light aircraft installations. The system consists of the RIEGL VUX-1UAV laser scanner, an IMU/GNSS system, a control unit and up to 4 optional cameras.

The excellent measurement performance of the VUX-1UAV in combination with a precise fiber optic gyroscope and GPS/GLONASS receiver results in survey grade measurement accuracy.

Dedicated interfaces enable full control as well as system status feedback for low bandwidth radio links in UAS/UAV/RPAS systems. Additionally, the control unit contains interfaces for triggering up to four digital cameras. Precise time stamps of the camera's release events are stored in the raw scan data stream enabling subsequent combination of point cloud data and imagery.

• RIEGL RiCOPTER remotely piloted aircraft system equipped with RIEGL VUX-SYS complete miniaturized, lightweight ALS System
• RIEGL VUX-1UAV lightweight airborne laser scanner fully integrated
• providing 230° FOV
• an effective measurement rate up to 350,000 meas./sec
• 10 mm accuracy
• fibre-optic gyroscope and GPS/GLOSNASS receiver integrated
• compact control unit with various interfacing options
• mounting options for highly flexible aircraft installation
• prepared for remote control via low-bandwidth data link
• operates up to 2 digital cameras

Main Applications:

• Precision Agriculture
• Topography in Open-Cast Mining
• Terrain and Canyon Mapping
• Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Documentation
• Surveying of Urban Environments
• Construction-Site Monitoring
• Corridor Mapping:
• Power Line
• Railway Track
• Pipeline Inspection