Latest version of Elios caged drone gets LiDAR for 3D mapping
Mapping the inside of cramped, difficult-to-reach areas can be helpful to people such as plant operators, but drones flown in such places could easily crash. The LiDAR- and cage-equipped Elios 3 quadcopter was designed with that challenge in mind.We first heard about the technology behind the Elios line of drones back in 2013, when a prototype was unveiled by engineers from Switzerland's EPFL research institute. Commercialized by spinoff company Flyability, Elios quadcopters have since been put to a number of interesting…