Braun, JoãoLima, JoséPereira, Ana I.Costa, Paulo Gomes da2023-03-202023-03-202021Braun, João; Lima, José; Pereira, Ana I.; Costa, Paulo (2021). Low-cost 3D LIDAR-based scanning system for small objects. In 22nd IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, ICIT 2021. Valenciahttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/27860Three-dimensional scanning is a task that is highly important for our modern society and this is translated by a wide area of knowledge that contains numerous approaches to this task. As this process is non-trivial, most of the technologies are expensive, with even the low-cost ones being a great investment for the regular user. Therefore, this work presents a low-cost LIDAR-based 3D scanning system that can perform 3D scans of small objects and reconstruct their digital STL models. The system consists of one rotating platform and a scanning arcshaped structure, which both are actuated by stepper motors.eng3D scanningLIDARDigital reconstructionSimulationSTLconference object10.1109/ICIT46573.2021.9453657