AURA software

Geotechnical solutions

Emesent's optimized change detection and convergence monitoring solution combines the rapid data collection capabilities of Hovermap with the ease of processing and analysis in Aura software. The integrated workflow, optimized for underground and indoor applications, utilizes Emesent's world-leading SLAM algorithm to optimize the fusion of two scans, speeding up and simplifying the identification of movement and changes.

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Features

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Objective and reproducible interpretation of deformation over the entire working area

Quickly capture current production profiles with Hovermap

Provide large-scale and regular monitoring with data to improve engineering decision-making and reduce risks and hazards

There is no need for complex and time-consuming third-party software to combine scan results

Streamlined workflow for processing, merging, and visualizing changes between two scans with Hovermap in Aura

The Aura workflow requires significantly less user intervention than existing solutions, delivering faster, more efficient, more reproducible, and more objective results.

Compare complete scan results of continuous 3D data without the need to separate them.

The simple workflow requires minimal training for new team members to begin collecting and processing data for change detection and convergence monitoring.

New and improved features

Use cases

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Mines with large deformations

Other internal enclosed spaces subject to change or requiring confirmation of absence of change, such as utility rooms, crushing chambers, conveyor drifts, and portals.

Other industries with similar applications include tunneling and mining.

Caving operations – rapid and large stress changes, impact on permanent mine workings.

All active operations — monitoring of all workings, checking their stability and safety for operations.

Frequent blasting operations in stopes — checking the condition of ore drifts, mouths, and workings with high impacts.

Deep-seated workings/workings with high rock mass stress — monitoring ongoing deformations in the disturbed rock mass, large rock mass structures, and failure of the supporting structure of the working.

Supporting engineers and surveyors in their work processes, including:

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Expert analysis of rock bursts and seismic damage

Failure zone depth

Reliability and residual bearing capacity of lining

Interaction between adjacent/upper rock strata

Determination of mine-wide deformations and mine-scale instability

Convergence Monitoring (Total/Cumulative Displacement)

Convergence Monitoring (Velocity)

Movement of Disturbed Areas (Slip Zones, Faults, Large-Scale Structures)

Damage to Rock Mass Following Blasting or Rock Extraction

Tracking Corrective Actions

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Hovermap Point Cloud Processing and Visualization

Emesent Aura enables scan processing and visualization on one intuitive platform, simplifying the process of processing, viewing, and analyzing point clouds for Hovermap users to gain faster insights and improve decision making.

Aura makes it easy to add visual context to point clouds, enabling 360° panoramic colorization for handheld, backpack, car, and drone images. Workflows are further simplified with the ability to colorize point clouds and capture 360° images from the same scan. Improved processing efficiency eliminates memory bottlenecks, allowing colorization of large point clouds on lower-spec machines.

Automatic filtering of moving objects eliminates the need to manually remove noise from scans associated with moving objects such as people or vehicles.

Aura also supports RTK (real-time kinematics), automating high-precision georeferencing for scanning backpacks, vehicles, and Hovermap ground drones. This enables fast, accurate, and precise on-demand ground scanning with drones, eliminating the need to plot and georeference ground control points. Aura intelligently utilizes both RTK and SLAM to optimize results.