Efficiency Innovation | SLAM200 Dual Handheld and Aerial Modes for Optimal Performance and Cost Balance

The SLAM200 breaks the limitation of traditional scanners restricted to a "single form" by adopting a modular design concept. It allows for easy switching between handheld, backpack-mounted, static station, extension rod, vehicle-mounted, and drone-mounted applications. With this design, users can fulfill requirements across indoor to outdoor, ground to aerial, narrow to open spaces—all with a single device.

Handheld Mode: Lightweight (only 1.9kg including base and battery) with ergonomic design, supports one-hand operation, suitable for detailed tasks like facade surveying, underground garages, and cultural relic digitization. Equipped with two 12MP panoramic cameras, it synchronously captures high-precision colored point clouds and real texture data to generate centimeter-level accurate 3D models.

Aerial Mode: Quickly connects to drones via quick-release interface and uses the drone’s power supply system, reducing payload weight. The main unit weighs only 1.4kg, equipped with two 12MP panoramic cameras, supports 300m ranging, and offers 360° full-range scanning. Maximum flight altitude reaches 120m.

The dual-mode design of the SLAM200 demonstrates unique advantages across multiple fields.

Construction and Engineering Surveying

In construction surveying, handheld mode captures detailed textures, while aerial mode scans the overall structure—achieving integrated modeling of "local detail + global space."

Power Line Inspection

For power inspection, aerial mode efficiently builds 3D point clouds of transmission lines; handheld mode flexibly handles complex airspace scenarios such as airports and dense high-voltage areas, overcoming flight limitations for high-precision data acquisition and rapid modeling.

Emergency Response and Surveying

In geological disaster response, aerial mode quickly builds large-scale 3D terrain models to support disaster assessment with full-range visualization. Handheld mode can then target key areas for high-precision detail scanning, aiding rescue route planning and resource deployment.

Forestry Resource Surveying with Air-Ground Data Fusion

Aerial Mode: Rapid surveying of large forest areas

Using drones with SLAM200, high-density 3D point cloud data can be quickly acquired, enabling accurate measurement of tree height, crown width, etc., for forest surveys.

Handheld Mode: Under-canopy vegetation and terrain detail supplementation

For areas that aerial mode cannot fully cover—like dense shrub layers or steep terrain—handheld mode can perform local scans, supporting detailed measurements such as diameter at breast height (DBH).

Earthwork Measurement

Aerial mode can efficiently scan large, flat-topped stockpiles; handheld mode can collect data on small mounds—suitable for scenarios from large open-pit mines to small construction sites.

Historical Architecture Scanning

In this field, aerial mode completes fast scanning of upper structures, while handheld mode captures complex interior and lower details. This innovative solution avoids traditional operation risks, significantly improves efficiency, and helps complete heritage scans with safety, speed, and precision.

Indoor Real Estate Surveying

In indoor property mapping, the handheld mode of SLAM200 shows outstanding performance. It can replicate interior layouts and dimensions at a 1:1 scale, greatly improving surveying efficiency and accelerating project completion.

More integrated application scenarios await your exploration...

Case 1: Facade Measurement of High-Rise Buildings in Hangzhou (Handheld + Aerial Mode)

Traditional methods struggle to obtain top-level facade data due to limitations in scan angles and range, resulting in sparse point clouds and missing details. Drone-mounted LiDAR systems typically cannot scan vertically along building facades and require extra equipment investments.

SLAM200 solves this through its aerial mode—by mounting it on a drone and running SLAM algorithms in real time, it enables vertical scanning along facades. When combined with handheld ground data, it overcomes single-perspective limitations and builds comprehensive, high-precision 3D facade models.

In this case, data from three 12-story buildings was collected using both modes, and integration of aerial and handheld data provided more complete facade data.

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           Airborne + handheld fusion data effect

Profile data results

Elevation data results

Case 2: Heritage Building Scanning in Ximen Old Street, Yiwu, Zhejiang (Handheld + Aerial Mode)

According to user requirements, a historical building was scanned using both aerial and handheld modes, resulting in a complete dataset of the heritage structure.

Ancient building and open space fusion data results

Case 3: Highway Bridge Facade Scanning in Zhejiang (Aerial Mode Only)

Data collection focused on evaluating bridge navigability. The measured area included both facades of a 1400-meter bridge section. Manual drone flights enabled full-scope scanning in a single mission, significantly improving efficiency. The data showed elevation accuracy better than 5 cm, supporting accurate navigability assessments.

Survey area data overview

Data local details

Data checkpoint distribution and error verification

Procurement Cost Optimization: No need to purchase separate aerial and handheld scanners—a single device supports both, saving customer costs.

Simplified Training: A unified software platform (SLAM GO POST PRO) handles data from both modes, avoiding the complexity of operating multiple systems.

Business Scope Expansion: Enables centimeter-level indoor modeling to square-kilometer terrain mapping—enhancing market competitiveness.

The introduction of the SLAM200 dual-mode scanning solution marks not only a major hardware breakthrough but also a transformation in 3D LiDAR scanning workflows. The aerial-handheld dual-mode design overcomes the limitations and inefficiencies of traditional systems, offering users a new "all-in-one" experience.