The JPL Robot Vision Library (JPLV) provides real-time robot vision algorithms for developers who are not vision specialists. The package includes algorithms for stereo ranging, visual odometry and unsurveyed camera calibration, and has unique support for very wide-angle lenses (as used on the Mars Exploration Rover HazCams). JPLV gathers these algorithms into one uniform, documented, and tested package with a consistent C API (application programming interface). The software is designed for real-time execution (10–20 Hz) on COTS (commercial, off-the-shelf) workstations and embedded processors.

This package incorporates algorithms developed over more than ten years of research in ground and planetary robotics for NASA, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) and the Army Research Labs, and is currently being used in applications as diverse as legged vehicle navigation and large-scale urban modeling.

This work was done by Andrew B. Howard, Adnan I. Ansar, and Todd E. Litwin of Caltech and Steven B. Goldberg of Indelible Systems for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

This software is available for commercial licensing. Please contact Karina Edmonds of the California Institute of Technology at (626) 395-2322. Refer to NPO-46532.