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RIEGL miniVUX-3UAV

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About RIEGL miniVUX-3UAV

RIEGL miniVUX-3UAV is a 1.55-kilogram airborne scanner with selectable pulse rates up to 300 kilohertz. It records up to 200,000 measurements per second and provides a field of view reaching 360 degrees for complete UAV-based environmental capture.

Online waveform processing records up to five target echoes per pulse, supporting vegetation penetration and mapping of snow and ice. Data can be stored on removable media or streamed through Ethernet. RIEGL offers integrated GNSS/IMU and camera configurations for forestry, construction, archaeology and terrain survey.

Research

  • Comparison of DJI Zenmuse L1 and RIEGL miniVUX-3UAV Data for DTM Generation in the Forestry Area for Archaeological Purposes

    2025-06-16 - Research Publication - The study compares forest-terrain models generated from RIEGL miniVUX-3UAV and DJI Zenmuse L1 point clouds for archaeological prospection.

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  • UseGeo - A UAV-Based Multi-Sensor Dataset for Geospatial Research

    2024-06-18 - Research Publication - UseGeo releases a UAV geospatial dataset captured with a miniVUX-3UAV lidar, full-frame imagery and a survey-grade inertial system.

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  • Comparing Accuracy of Ultra-Dense Laser Scanner and Photogrammetry Point Clouds

    2022-05-30 - Research Publication - The paper compares ultra-dense UAV lidar and photogrammetric point clouds, including data captured with the RIEGL miniVUX-3UAV.

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Timeline

  • Geometricus expands UAV surveying with RIEGL VUX-160 sensor

    2024-01-09 - Deployment - The Croatian survey company began operating a miniVUX-SYS integrated with a DJI M300 multicopter in November 2022. The system supported faster survey-grade field capture and access to difficult terrain. Geometricus selected the higher-end VUX-160 for longer-range and wider-area projects after its initial operating experience.

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