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RIEGL has been delivering proven innovations in 3D laser scanning through the headquarters in Austria and in several offices around the world such as the U.S., Japan and China. After the 40^th anniversary of the company in 2018 and its constant strive for growth, an additional international expansion towards the Australian continent enhances RIEGL´s voluminous plans on the long-term.

RIEGL Australia’s Managing Director Glenne Blyth and Commercial Director Bernhard Kurzbauer

The new Australian office located in Southport, Queensland is fully dedicated to delivering all of the technology and developments from the head office in Austria in order to support the needs of the Australian and New Zealand markets along with their customer bases throughout the regions.

In the past four decades, RIEGL has been a significant leader in the market of pulsed time-of-flight laser radar technology in multiple wavelengths. RIEGL Australia Pty Ltd will have a primary focus on the airborne/UAV sectors ensuring all customers, at all times have the same level of support to match the quality of technology that RIEGL offers.

RIEGL’s M600-miniVUX-1UAV

Consequently, RIEGL Australia will be offering a substantial product range of airborne and unmanned laser scanners and systems such as the miniVUX-1UAV and its sister device miniVUX-1DL.

The miniVUX-1UAV is an outstandingly lightweight airborne laser scanner specifically created for the integration with UAS/UAV/RPAS with a modest power consumption and an easy to remove SD storage card and/or the option for streaming the scan data through a LAN-TCP/IP interface. The stable aluminium housing´s small and sophisticated design enables integration with platforms of restricted space or payload capabilities. The complete acquisition of the environment is supported by the 360° field of view alongside with an effective measurement rate of up to 100,000 measurements per second.

The device uses RIEGL´s unique Waveform-LiDAR technology, allowing echo digitalization and online waveform processing. The wavelength is optimized for the measurement of snowy or icy terrains as well as for penetrating dense foliage. To enhance the miniVUX-1UAV even further, the RIEGL Integration Kit 600 as an add-on serves as the excellent solution to integrate the instrument with a multi-rotor UAV, e.g. a DJI Matrice M600.

The RIEGL Integration Kit 600

The package comes with an appropriate, shock absorbing mounting kit, an IMU/GNSS system and GNSS antenna with its mount, power supply module, optional camera mounts and necessary cabling for a quick and straightforward integration. This cutting-edge UAV LIDAR system is the easiest, and most effective way to map local vegetated areas with survey grade precision.

The miniVUX-1UAV´s sister device, the miniVUX-1DL (“downward-looking”) adds an additional feature of special design and capability to conduct corridor mapping tasks such as an optimized field of view and a small size. Therefore, the miniVUX-1DL is perfectly suitable for infrastructure mapping such as rail and road corridors, and also powerline and pipeline surveys. The specific wedge prism scanner construction offers a 46° field of view, and the circular scan pattern produces a very high point density with excellent point distribution.

RIEGL VUX-240

From RIEGL´s well proven VUX-Series, the lightweight airborne laser scanner VUX-240 will be at hand in the Australian main office as well. Ready to be integrated on both small manned and unmanned aircrafts, the new airborne LiDAR sensor with a 75° field of view and a refined design grants a measurement rate of up to 1,500,000 measurements per second and a fast scan speed of up to 400 lines per second. These features are the core bases for high scan efficiency in applications such as forestry, power line, railway track and pipeline inspection or topography in open-cast mining. Also, up to four optional external cameras and interfaces for IMU/GNSS system integration are offered with the instrument.

RIEGL’s VQ-480 II

For higher flight altitudes yet still very small in weight and size, the VQ-480 II which implements RIEGL´s highly established Waveform-LiDAR technology is the appropriate instrument. Its user-friendly design offers a compact solution for airborne laser scanning. With a pulse repetition rate of up to 2MHz, a high measurement rate of up to 1,250,000 measurements per second and a wide field of view of 75°, the VQ-480 II is perfectly suited for city modelling, corridor mapping and numerous applications in the field of forestry and agriculture where there is a large demand for high point densities. The refined design of the instrument allows an effortless utilization in light manned aircrafts and helicopters as well as UAVs with increased payload capacity operating at medium flight altitudes. The device is suitable for the usage in gyro-stabilized mounts, small hatches and pod solutions due to its size and form factors.

The above mentioned range of products supports the fact that RIEGL Australia is going to be a significantly major venture on the Australian and New Zealand market of laser scanning. While constantly providing with the reliable quality and the highest performance, the regions´ customers can be a part of the RIEGL experience that is already well established around the globe. Providing airborne and unmanned laser scanner solutions for almost all applications, the Australian main office can bolster RIEGL´s worldwide support and reliable customer service from the first inquiry through to integration and ongoing operation of the system.

“We are very excited to further increase our global presence by opening our new office in Australia! We would like to thank our many loyal customers in Australia and New Zealand encouraging us to take this next step in our growth strategy. Thanks also to our long-term partner C.R. Kennedy for their support in this project, and congratulations and all the best to Glenne Blyth for his new responsibility and for growing RIEGL in Australia and New Zealand to new levels” commented Johannes Riegl Jr, President of RIEGL International, the RIEGL division responsible for the worldwide expansion of the company.

For more information, please visit www.riegl.com