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Conventional single LiDAR systems are inherently constrained by their limited field of view (FoV), leading to blind spots and incomplete environmental awareness, particularly on robotic platforms with strict payload limitations. Integrating…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-26 Jianping Li , Zhongyuan Liu , Xinhang Xu , Jinxin Liu , Shenghai Yuan , Fang Xu , Lihua Xie

LIDAR and RADAR are two commonly used sensors in autonomous driving systems. The extrinsic calibration between the two is crucial for effective sensor fusion. The challenge arises due to the low accuracy and sparse information in RADAR…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-05-19 Peng Jiang , Srikanth Saripalli

Most intelligent transportation systems use a combination of radar sensors and cameras for robust vehicle perception. The calibration of these heterogeneous sensor types in an automatic fashion during system operation is challenging due to…

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In a multi-sensor fusion system composed of cameras and LiDAR, precise extrinsic calibration contributes to the system's long-term stability and accurate perception of the environment. However, methods based on extracting and registering…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-29 Tianle Zeng , Dengke He , Feifan Yan , Meixi He

Modern autonomous systems typically use several sensors for perception. For best performance, accurate and reliable extrinsic calibration is necessary. In this research, we propose a reliable technique for the extrinsic calibration of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-09-14 Sandipan Das , Bengt Boberg , Maurice Fallon , Saikat Chatterjee

Both, robot and hand-eye calibration haven been object to research for decades. While current approaches manage to precisely and robustly identify the parameters of a robot's kinematic model, they still rely on external devices, such as…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-06-08 Arne Peters

In this letter, we present a novel method for automatic extrinsic calibration of high-resolution LiDARs and RGB cameras in targetless environments. Our approach does not require checkerboards but can achieve pixel-level accuracy by aligning…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-06-28 Chongjian Yuan , Xiyuan Liu , Xiaoping Hong , Fu Zhang

In this paper, we present a user-friendly LiDAR-camera calibration toolkit that is compatible with various LiDAR and camera sensors and requires only a single pair of laser points and a camera image in targetless environments. Our approach…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-12 Haoxin Zhang , Shuaixin Li , Xiaozhou Zhu , Hongbo Chen , Wen Yao

This paper proposes FAST-Calib, a fast and user-friendly LiDAR-camera extrinsic calibration tool based on a custom-made 3D target. FAST-Calib supports both mechanical and solid-state LiDARs by leveraging an efficient and reliable edge…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-24 Chunran Zheng , Fu Zhang

Extrinsic Calibration represents the cornerstone of autonomous driving. Its accuracy plays a crucial role in the perception pipeline, as any errors can have implications for the safety of the vehicle. Modern sensor systems collect different…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Lorenzo Gentilini , Pierpaolo Serio , Valentina Donzella , Lorenzo Pollini

We present a novel multi-modal extrinsic calibration framework designed to simultaneously estimate the relative poses between event cameras, LiDARs, and RGB cameras, with particular focus on the challenging event camera calibration. Core of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Andrea Bertogalli , Giacomo Boracchi , Luca Magri

Despite an emerging interest in MIMO radar, the utilization of its complementary strengths in combination with optical depth sensors has so far been limited to far-field applications, due to the challenges that arise from mutual sensor…

Achieving safe and reliable autonomous driving relies greatly on the ability to achieve an accurate and robust perception system; however, this cannot be fully realized without precisely calibrated sensors. Environmental and operational…

Accurate LiDAR-camera calibration is crucial for multi-sensor systems. However, traditional methods often rely on physical targets, which are impractical for real-world deployment. Moreover, even carefully calibrated extrinsics can degrade…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Haebeom Jung , Namtae Kim , Jungwoo Kim , Jaesik Park

Precise LiDAR-camera calibration is crucial for integrating these two sensors into robotic systems to achieve robust perception. In applications like autonomous driving, online targetless calibration enables a prompt sensor misalignment…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Shu Han , Xubo Zhu , Ji Wu , Ximeng Cai , Wen Yang , Huai Yu , Gui-Song Xia

Owing to the capability for reliable and all-weather long-range sensing, the fusion of LiDAR and Radar has been widely applied to autonomous vehicles for robust perception. In practical operation, well manually calibrated extrinsic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-24 Weimin Wang , Yu Du , Ting Yang , Yu Liu

We propose an algorithm for automatic, targetless, extrinsic calibration of a LiDAR and camera system using semantic information. We achieve this goal by maximizing mutual information (MI) of semantic information between sensors, leveraging…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-04-27 Peng Jiang , Philip Osteen , Srikanth Saripalli

Recent progress in the automated driving system (ADS) and advanced driver assistant system (ADAS) has shown that the combined use of 3D light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and the camera is essential for an intelligent vehicle to perceive…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-24 Yecheng Lyu , Lin Bai , Mahdi Elhousni , Xinming Huang

In multimodal perception systems, achieving precise extrinsic calibration between LiDAR and camera is of critical importance. Previous calibration methods often required specific targets or manual adjustments, making them both…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-26 Xingchen Li , Yifan Duan , Beibei Wang , Haojie Ren , Guoliang You , Yu Sheng , Jianmin Ji , Yanyong Zhang

Accurate extrinsic calibration between LiDAR and camera sensors is important for reliable perception in autonomous systems. In this paper, we present a novel multi-objective optimization framework that jointly minimizes the geometric…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-26 Venkat Karramreddy , Rangarajan Ramanujam