Product Overview Aurora is a newly created positioning and mapping perception sensor by SLAMTEC that integrates laser, vision, inertial navigation, and deep learning technologies. sensor does require external dependencies and can achieve indoor and outdoor 3D high-precision mapping with six degrees of freedom positioning capability upon startup.
Aurora products provide customers with 3D mapping and positioning capabilities in an integrated form. It adopts the unique SLAM algorithm of Laser-Vision-IMU fusion from SLAMTEC. Combined with visual and laser characteristics, it can perform map data fusion more than 10 times per second and draw up to one million square meters of map data.
Yellow flash Startup complete, waiting for initialization Yellow long bright System initialization completed, waiting for mapping Green long bright Mapping Red flash Device exception Green flash Pause mapping 2.2 Button Figure 3 Button Power button: Press and hold the power button for eight seconds, and the device ...
2.4 WIFI Aurora comes with a 2.4G/5G Dual-band WiFi module, which is configured as AP mode by default. After Aurora is turned on, a hotspot named "SLAMWARE-Aurora-xxxxxx" is automatically generated. The specific hotspot name can be found on the device label.
3.2 Power On Aurora Use DC12V 2A power supply to power up the device. 3.3 Connect to Aurora Connect the Aurora device to your computer via Ethernet or hotspot (SLAMWARE-Aurora-XXXXXX). Run AuroraCore Remote Visualizer (hereinafter referred to as Aurora Remote). In the "Connection Settings" interface, select "Input the address manually", enter "192.168.11.1"...
3. Click "Remote Commands" -->"Reset Maps" on the Aurora Remote main interface. The device is starting to initialize. 4. After initialization is complete, the Aurora Remote mapping screen is shown in Figure 6, and the Aurora indicator light changes from red to green. 3.5 Start Mapping...
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⚫ Route planning and advice: Ensure as many observations as possible during the scanning process. Try to avoid scanning new areas as much as possible, and you can take a certain loop. Avoid the impact of dynamic objects as much as possible. ...
If the above two conditions are not met, when exiting, try to align the perspective with areas with good structured features as much as possible, while avoiding excessive perspective switching. Figure 7 Example of mapping route 3.6 Save Map Click on "Map Manager" -->"Download to File" on the Aurora Remote...
Firmware Upgrade 1. Power on Aurora device. 2. Connect laptop to Aurora hotspot or Ethernet. 3. Visit 192.168.11.1 browser and enter the following page. Figure 8 Home Page...
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Figure 9 Login Page 5. Enter account: admin Password:admin111 6. Click "System" → "Firmware Update" → "Select File" to select the upgraded firmware. Figure 10 Upgrade Page 7. Click "Start Firmware Update" to start upgrading the firmware. 8. Wait for "success" to appear in the upgrade log, upgrade completed.
Aurora Remote 5.1 Main Interface Figure 11 Main Interface 5.2 Switching Views Aurora Remote provides three view modes for users to choose from. Click the "Toggle Tracking Mode" button to switch between different views. Figure 12 Three-view Diagram...
5.3 Frame View Click the "Frame View" icon on the main interface to preview the camera feed in real-time. Figure 13 Frame View 5.4 IMU View Click the "IMU View" icon on the main interface to view real-time gyroscope and accelerometer data. Figure 14 IMU View...
Since global updates are time-consuming, during the mapping process, only incremental updates are made to the map near the Aurora device. A full update is performed only when a loop closure is detected. 5.8 Saving/Uploading the Map Maps can be saved in the stcm format, which includes both 2D and 3D map information.
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On the main interface, click "Map Manager". Use "Download to file" to save the map in stcm format, and use "Export Map Data" to save the map in BMP format. Figure 15 Map Manager Uploading maps is only possible for stcm format 3D maps. Click "Upload from file"...
5.9 2D/3D Map Switching Aurora Remote defaults to 3D map display mode, which shows both 3D and 2D maps simultaneously. As shown in Figure 18, the gray area represents the 2D map. Figure 18 2D & 3D Maps On the main interface, click "View Options" and uncheck "Show 2D LIDAR Map"...
On the main interface, click "View Options" -> "Map Display Mode" -> "2D Map" to switch to 2D map display mode, as shown in Figure 20. Figure 20 2D Map 5.10 Automatic Floor Detection Click "Status panel" -> "Auto Floor Detection" on the main interface to view the current relative floor level, as shown in Figure 21.
5.11 Pop-up Notifications As shown in Figure 17, Aurora Remote may display some messages in the bottom right corner of the main interface during operation. The main pop-up messages in Aurora Remote are as follows: Message Description Aurora camera initialization successful, ready to Initialize Success start mapping.
Notes Do not collide. Falling or colliding may cause device damage, resulting in abnormal operation or even complete damage to the device. Keep the Lidar and lens parts clean and tidy, do not touch them directly with your hands. You can use a cleaning cloth to clean the device.
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