Unmanned surveyor

A method comprising:

• calibrating the unmanned surveyor by:
• (i) obtaining a position and an orientation of an unmanned surveyor;
• (ii) lasing, by the unmanned surveyor, a real-world object having a known position;
• (iii) utilizing, by the unmanned surveyor, a model to calculate an estimated position of the real-world object based on the lasing of the real-world object;
• (iv) calculating a model error by comparing the estimated position to the known position;
• and
• (v) updating the model to correct for the model error;
• capturing, by the unmanned surveyor, a real-world scene;
• transmitting, from the unmanned surveyor to a controller, an image signal representing the real-world scene;
• displaying, at a headset of the controller, the real-world scene based on the image signal;
• detecting, at the controller, an actuation of an actuator by a user;
• in response to detecting the actuation:
• transmitting a command from the controller to the unmanned surveyor to cause the unmanned surveyor to lase a target selected by the user via the actuation;
• determining a position of the target based on the lase;
• and
• displaying, at the headset of the controller, an anchor point within the real-world scene at the position of the target.

A system comprising:

• (A) an unmanned surveyor including a vehicle and a camera carried by the vehicle;
• and
• (B) a controller communicatively coupled to the unmanned surveyor via a wireless link, the controller including:
• (i) a headset that displays streaming video of a real-world environment that has been captured by the camera of the unmanned surveyor and streamed to the controller via the wireless link;
• (ii) one or more movement or position sensors disposed on or within the headset;
• (iii) a processor, communicatively coupled to the one or more movement or position sensors, that:
• tracks an orientation of the headset corresponding to a gaze of a user of the headset based on a movement or position of the headset detected via the one or more movement or position sensors;
• and causes the controller to wirelessly transmit a command to
• the unmanned surveyor to orient the camera of the unmanned surveyor to correspond to the tracked orientation of the headset so that the camera of the unmanned surveyor is aimed in a direction within the real-world environment in a manner that is responsive to the gaze of the user of the headset.

A method comprising:

• wirelessly streaming video of a real-world environment, captured by a camera of a unmanned surveyor, from the unmanned surveyor to a controller;
• displaying, at a headset of the controller, the streamed video of the real-world environment;
• tracking an orientation of the headset corresponding to a gaze of a user of the headset by:
• (i) determining a forward facing direction for the headset and calculating a first orientation of the headset;
• (ii) receiving movement or position data from one or more movement or position sensors disposed on or within the headset, wherein the one or more movement or position sensors include both an accelerometer and a gyroscope;
• and
• (iii) calculating, based on the calculated first orientation and the received movement or position data, a new orientation of the headset;
• and
• orientating the camera of the unmanned surveyor to correspond to the tracked orientation of the headset so that the camera of the unmanned surveyor is aimed in a direction within the real-world environment in a manner that is responsive to the gaze of a user of the headset.