The Small Object Scanner was developed for Factum Foundation and the photogrammetric recording of cultural heritage artefacts.

The 3D digitisation of precious cultural heritage artefacts is important for historical preservation. The digitisation of artefacts offer significant societal and academic benefits, and helps mitigate against events such as natural disasters, war, and damage from tourism.

However the process of photogrammetry is a time consuming process and has a risk of human error leading to poor results. An operator needs a knowledge of photography and training in photogrammetry for high quality 3D digitisation.

The small object scanner automates photo acquisition in the photogrammetry process, resulting in high detail 3D models of small cultural heritage artefacts.