The newest FMCLR devices are capable of measuring large geometries without taking the help of photogrammetric dots, retro reflectors or probes. Though this technology has been used by many US agencies since 1993, it has become commercially available only recently. These commercially available forms can be integrated more conveniently into remote automated manufacturing systems. Non-contact measurement systems today have come a long way since their introduction, and are likely to stay in the current popular position for a long time to come. Much research is being performed on this subject, and there can be no doubt about the fact that in the coming years, a more sophisticated measuring instrument will be invented.