A measurement system and a method of measuring an object is provided. The system includes a measurement platform having a planar surface. At least two optical sensors are coupled to the measurement platform that emit light in a plane and determines a distance to an object based on a reflection of the light. A linear rail is coupled to the measurement platform. A cooperative robot is coupled to move along the linear rail. A 3D measuring system is coupled to the end of the robot. A controller coupled to the at least two optical sensors, the robot, and the 3D measuring system, the controller changing the speed of the robot and the 3D measuring system to less than a threshold in response to a distance measured by at least one of the at least two optical sensors to a human operator being less than a first distance threshold.

A measurement system and a method of measuring an object is provided. The system includes a measurement platform having a planar surface. At least two optical sensors are coupled to the measurement platform that emit light in a plane and determines a distance to an object based on a reflection of the light. A linear rail is coupled to the measurement platform. A cooperative robot is coupled to move along the linear rail. A 3D measuring system is coupled to the end of the robot. A controller coupled to the at least two optical sensors, the robot, and the 3D measuring system, the controller changing the speed of the robot and the 3D measuring system to less than a threshold in response to a distance measured by at least one of the at least two optical sensors to a human operator being less than a first distance threshold.

The embodiments relate to a distributed marsupial robotic system. The system includes a parent component having a sensor suite to obtain and process environment data via a parent pattern classification algorithm, and one or more child components each having a sensor suite to obtain and process environment data via a child pattern classification algorithm. Each sensor suite includes one or more sensor devices in communication with a processing unit and memory. Each child component is configured to dock to the parent component, and to separate from the parent component in response to a deployment signal. Each child component obtains environment data during separation. The parent component is configured to construct a map of the environment by receiving and integrating the data obtained by each child component.