Robocular 3d Scanner
Robocular is an affordable, high-resolution, full color and texture 3D Scanner that can automatically create 3D models of every day objects. Robocular has currently raised over 115,000$ on kickstarter and they still have 3 more days to go before the campaign is over.
Robocular's Story
The founders of Robocular were tired of seeing expensive and terrible quality 3d scanners on the market. The team didn't like how you had to pay premium for a decent quality 3d scanner. The decision was made and the goal was to build a high quality 3d scanner for an affordable price. After about 10 prototypes, the robocular was then born.
Our product is a high quality 3D Scanner that just works. You open it, put an object in it then hit scan, and it will automatically create a 3D model of that object for you on your computer. It's that simple. The model will be of high-resolution and in full color and texture. Here is a picture:
Step 1: Put the object into the scanner. Step 2: Close the scanner and hit scan. The 3D model will automatically be generated - rendering shown here.
The object is placed on a high-precision turntable which rotates at about 4,000 steps per revolution. That means it has a comparable amount of information to taking 4,000 pictures of the object from various angles. On average this also means a single model will have about 2-3 million points for every pass. The whole thing is in an enclosure so that external light doesn't interfere and so that you don't have lasers swinging around your room. The laser is a green, low-divergence laser which can capture raw details at up to 150 microns (that's sub-millimeter accuracy - see models below) - after mesh reconstruction that error will usually go down significantly and the scan will be even more accurate than most 3D printers can output. The scan volumes range from 7€ diameter x 7€ height (mini version) to 9€ diameter x 9€ height (standard version).
In addition to all these features, Robocular also comes with a software that will allow you to control in dept settings of the scanner. This project will only be funded if it reaches 180,000. With 3 days left, can they pull it in?
Check out the campaign here:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robocular/robocular-the-3d-scanner-for-everyone?ref=home_spotlight
Robocular's Story
The founders of Robocular were tired of seeing expensive and terrible quality 3d scanners on the market. The team didn't like how you had to pay premium for a decent quality 3d scanner. The decision was made and the goal was to build a high quality 3d scanner for an affordable price. After about 10 prototypes, the robocular was then born.
Our product is a high quality 3D Scanner that just works. You open it, put an object in it then hit scan, and it will automatically create a 3D model of that object for you on your computer. It's that simple. The model will be of high-resolution and in full color and texture. Here is a picture:
Step 1: Put the object into the scanner. Step 2: Close the scanner and hit scan. The 3D model will automatically be generated - rendering shown here.
The object is placed on a high-precision turntable which rotates at about 4,000 steps per revolution. That means it has a comparable amount of information to taking 4,000 pictures of the object from various angles. On average this also means a single model will have about 2-3 million points for every pass. The whole thing is in an enclosure so that external light doesn't interfere and so that you don't have lasers swinging around your room. The laser is a green, low-divergence laser which can capture raw details at up to 150 microns (that's sub-millimeter accuracy - see models below) - after mesh reconstruction that error will usually go down significantly and the scan will be even more accurate than most 3D printers can output. The scan volumes range from 7€ diameter x 7€ height (mini version) to 9€ diameter x 9€ height (standard version).
In addition to all these features, Robocular also comes with a software that will allow you to control in dept settings of the scanner. This project will only be funded if it reaches 180,000. With 3 days left, can they pull it in?
Check out the campaign here:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robocular/robocular-the-3d-scanner-for-everyone?ref=home_spotlight
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