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multisensor_calibration

  • Software
  • Perception
  • Tool

A ROS 1 and ROS 2 toolbox for target-based calibration of multi-sensor setups, covering camera, LiDAR and reference sensors. It targets complex systems such as large offroad robots.

Made by Fraunhofer IOSB, Germany (checked on github.com/FraunhoferIOSB (opens in a new tab)).

Source on GitHub: github.com/FraunhoferIOSB/multisensor_calibration (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit e2600e9 (opens in a new tab).

Licenses

Code
BSD-3-Clause (opens in a new tab)

Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (BSD-3-Clause) at commit e2600e9 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

What it does

  • Extrinsic calibration between camera and LiDAR sensors.
  • Extrinsic calibration between camera and reference, and between LiDAR and reference.
  • Extrinsic LiDAR-LiDAR and stereo camera-camera calibration.
  • LiDAR-vehicle extrinsic calibration is provided as a prototype.
  • Installable with apt on ROS 2, or built from source with colcon.
  • An example launch file is provided, and user documentation covers tutorials and workflows.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit e2600e9.

Getting started

Difficulty
Intermediate

Maintenance

Status
Maintained: a commit in the last 12 months
Newest commit
23 Feb 2026 on main
Latest release
None published on GitHub

Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.

Robots on Robotheca that use it

No robot on Robotheca is linked to it yet. Links come from a robot's robot.yaml, from its dependency files read as text, or from Robotheca's editors.

Robotheca lists software as a reference: nothing is hosted or run here, and every fact links to where it was read.