We created a 3D scanner that could use an IR sensor to measure distances to its surroundings in virtually all directions and then plot them to generate a 3D visualization of the scanned area. The IR sensor was mounted onto a pan-tilt mechanism with two servos, and data flow passed from Arduino bootloader for collection to Python for processing to MATLAB for plotting. The scanner's success was demonstrated through a visualization of a letter made out of cardboard cutouts.
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View Code? Open in Web Editor NEWA 3D Scanner that uses Infrared readings to visualize its surroundings.