While scanning, the laser shines across the target surface, and the reflected light is then picked up by the camera. So how does this $25 DIY laser scanner measure up? Great, to be honest.

I built a 3D printed, scanning laser confocal microscope so I could collect 3D surface topology and profilometry data! The microscope stage is based on an OpenFlexure "Delta" stage, and the ...

In Soviet Russia, Party finds YOU!!” Only here, it’s a laser rangefinder. In this project (automatic translation), [iliasam] makes his own scanning laser rangefinder, like the ones that we ...