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In this paper, we address extrinsic calibration for camera, lidar, and 4D radar sensors. Accurate extrinsic calibration of radar remains a challenge due to the sparsity of its data. We propose CLRNet, a novel, multi-modal end-to-end deep…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-18 Marcell Kegl , Andras Palffy , Csaba Benedek , Dariu M. Gavrila

Reliable multimodal sensor fusion algorithms require accurate spatiotemporal calibration. Recently, targetless calibration techniques based on implicit neural representations have proven to provide precise and robust results. Nevertheless,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-19 Quentin Herau , Moussab Bennehar , Arthur Moreau , Nathan Piasco , Luis Roldao , Dzmitry Tsishkou , Cyrille Migniot , Pascal Vasseur , Cédric Demonceaux

Automated driving systems use multi-modal sensor suites to ensure the reliable, redundant and robust perception of the operating domain, for example camera and LiDAR. An accurate extrinsic calibration is required to fuse the camera and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-26 Jack Borer , Jeremy Tschirner , Florian Ölsner , Stefan Milz

The process of camera calibration involves estimating the intrinsic and extrinsic parameters, which are essential for accurately performing tasks such as 3D reconstruction, object tracking and augmented reality. In this work, we propose a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-02-21 Muhammad Waleed , Abdul Rauf , Murtaza Taj

Industrial robots are increasingly used in various applications where the robot accuracy becomes very important, hence calibrations of the robot's kinematic parameters and the measurement system's extrinsic parameters are required. However,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-03-05 Teguh Santoso Lembono , Fransisco Suarez-Ruiz , Quang-Cuong Pham

Tunnels and long corridors are challenging environments for mobile robots because a LiDAR point cloud should degenerate in these environments. To tackle point cloud degeneration, this study presents a tightly-coupled LiDAR-IMU-wheel…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-13 Taku Okawara , Kenji Koide , Shuji Oishi , Masashi Yokozuka , Atsuhiko Banno , Kentaro Uno , Kazuya Yoshida

This work proposes a novel motion guided method for target-less self-calibration of a LiDAR and camera and use the re-projection of LiDAR points onto the image reference frame for real-time depth upsampling. The calibration parameters are…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-07-06 Juan Castorena , Gint Puskorius , Gaurav Pandey

Ego-motion estimation is a fundamental requirement for most mobile robotic applications. By sensor fusion, we can compensate the deficiencies of stand-alone sensors and provide more reliable estimations. We introduce a tightly coupled…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-08-30 Haoyang Ye , Yuying Chen , Ming Liu

Advances in autonomous driving are inseparable from sensor fusion. Heterogeneous sensors are widely used for sensor fusion due to their complementary properties, with radar and camera being the most equipped sensors. Intrinsic and extrinsic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-31 Lei Cheng , Arindam Sengupta , Siyang Cao

Inertial measurement unit (IMU)-based 3-DoF angle estimation methods for lower limb joints have been studied for decades, however the calibration motions and/or careful sensor placement are still necessary due to challenges of real-time…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-17 Chunzhi Yi , Feng Jiang , Zhiyuan Chen , Baichun Wei , Hao Guo , Xunfeng Yin , Fangzhuo Li , Chifu Yang

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…

Visual-inertial fusion is crucial for a large amount of intelligent and autonomous applications, such as robot navigation and augmented reality. To bootstrap and achieve optimal state estimation, the spatial-temporal displacements between…

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Connected and cooperative driving requires precise calibration of the roadside infrastructure for having a reliable perception system. To solve this requirement in an automated manner, we present a robust extrinsic calibration method for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-24 Alexander Tsaregorodtsev , Adrian Holzbock , Jan Strohbeck , Michael Buchholz , Vasileios Belagiannis

Accurate extrinsic sensor calibration is essential for both autonomous vehicles and robots. Traditionally this is an involved process requiring calibration targets, known fiducial markers and is generally performed in a lab. Moreover, even…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-18 Celyn Walters , Oscar Mendez , Simon Hadfield , Richard Bowden

Radar ensures robust sensing capabilities in adverse weather conditions, yet challenges remain due to its high inherent noise level. Existing radar odometry has overcome these challenges with strategies such as filtering spurious points,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-25 Wooseong Yang , Hyesu Jang , Ayoung Kim

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

For an autonomous vehicle, the ability to sense its surroundings and to build an overall representation of the environment by fusing different sensor data streams is fundamental. To this end, the poses of all sensors need to be accurately…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-11-07 Brahayam Ponton , Magda Ferri , Lars Koenig , Marcus Bartels

Accurate LiDAR-camera extrinsic calibration is a precondition for many multi-sensor systems in mobile robots. Most calibration methods rely on laborious manual operations and calibration targets. While working online, the calibration…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-03-18 Xin Jing , Xiaqing Ding , Rong Xiong , Huanjun Deng , Yue Wang

Autonomous systems often employ multiple LiDARs to leverage the integrated advantages, enhancing perception and robustness. The most critical prerequisite under this setting is the estimating the extrinsic between each LiDAR, i.e.,…