Two types of optical gimbals were developed for UAVs - SGO-Z and SGO-B. SGO-Z contains a 36x zoom optical camera, thermal camera, and laser rangefinder. SGO-B is designed for small UAVs and can contain interchangeable cameras like 2x or 10x zoom optical cameras or a thermal camera. Both gimbals can be intuitively controlled using a VR helmet, joystick, mouse, or keyboard.

1. Optical gimbals
At Mobile Systems Research Labs two types of
specially designed optical gimbals for UAVs were
developed – SGO-Z and SGO-B
SGO-Z gimbal consists of:
optical camera with 36x zoom
thermal camera
laser range distance finder
tactical lighting
SGO-B gimbal is designed to fit small UAVs with frontal assembly. The main functionality of this
gimbal is its exchangeability – it allows to use the best camera for current conditions and request.
SGO-B can have one of the following:
optical camera with 2x zoom
optical camera with 10x zoom
thermal camera
picture camera
SGO-B weights 0,8 kg and moves vertically from -45 to +45 degrees and it rotates from -90 to +90
degrees.
Steering of both gimbals SGO-Z and SGO-B is very intuitive and can be done with the following:
VR helmet
joystick
computer mouse
keyboard