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19 related topics

Overview

Open-source Library Point cloud Geometry processing Computer vision

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Applications

6DoF Pose estimation

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History

Willow Garage

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License: BSD license
Operating system: Cross-platform
Original author: Willow Garage
Release: March 2010; 16 years ago (2010-03)
Repository: github.com/PointCloudLibrary/pcl
Stable release: 1.15.1 / 26 August 2025; 11 months ago (26 August 2025)

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Overview

Open-source Open-source software
Library Software library
Point cloud
Geometry processing
Computer vision
Stitch 3D point clouds together Point set registration
Model fitting
Object recognition
Segmentation Image segmentation
C++
BSD license
Perception
Robotics
Third-party Third-party software component
Eigen Eigen (C++ library)
VTK
Boost Boost (C++ libraries)
FLANN FLANN?action=edit&redlink=1
OpenNI
Qt Qt (software)
Cross-platform software
Operating systems Operating system
Linux
Windows Microsoft Windows
MacOS
Android Android (operating system)
Robot Operating System
OpenMP
Intel
Threading Building Blocks

Applications

6DoF Six degrees of freedom
Pose estimation 3D pose estimation

3rd party libraries

CMake
SSE Streaming SIMD Extensions
Googletest Google Test

History

Willow Garage

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Feature Feature geometry
Eigenvectors
Eigenvalues Eigenvalues and eigenvectors
Covariance matrix
Iterative closest point
Normal Distributions Transform Normal Distributions Transform?action=edit&redlink=1
SAC_RANSAC RANSAC
Moving Least Squares
Greedy Projection Triangulation Greedy triangulation
Concave Concave polygon
Convex hull
Marching cubes
Ear clipping
Poisson surface reconstruction
Velodyne High Definition LiDAR Velodyne LiDAR
DepthSense
Kd-tree K-d tree
Octree
Harris detector Harris Corner Detector

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Point Cloud Library

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related to history · 6

Point Cloud Library → March, May, PCL's, The, Version, Willow Garage

related to External links · 4

Point Cloud Library → Library, PCL, Point Cloud LibraryPoint Cloud, UsersGitHub RepositoryTutorials

License · 1

Point Cloud Library → BSD license

Operating system · 1

Point Cloud Library → Cross-platform

Original author · 1

Point Cloud Library → Willow Garage

Release · 1

Point Cloud Library → March 2010; 16 years ago (2010-03)

Repository · 1

Point Cloud Library → github.com/PointCloudLibrary/pcl

Stable release · 1

Point Cloud Library → 1.15.1 / 26 August 2025; 11 months ago (26 August 2025)

Type · 1

Point Cloud Library → Library

Website · 1

Point Cloud Library → pointclouds.org

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Important terminology

point library pcl cloud data used points clouds 3d surface version also algorithms libraries pcd features implemented visualization several format

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Point Cloud Library	License	BSD license	1.00	infobox
Point Cloud Library	Operating system	Cross-platform	1.00	infobox
Point Cloud Library	Original author	Willow Garage	1.00	infobox
Point Cloud Library	Release	March 2010; 16 years ago (2010-03)	1.00	infobox
Point Cloud Library	Repository	github.com/PointCloudLibrary/pcl	1.00	infobox
Point Cloud Library	Stable release	1.15.1 / 26 August 2025; 11 months ago (26 August 2025)	1.00	infobox
Point Cloud Library	Type	Library	1.00	infobox
Point Cloud Library	Website	pointclouds.org	1.00	infobox
Qhull	instance of	Additional libraries	0.80	text
OpenNI	instance of	Additional libraries	0.80	text
or Qt are optional	instance of	Additional libraries	0.80	text
extend PCL with additional features.PCL is cross-platform software that runs on the most commonly used operating systems	instance of	Additional libraries	0.80	text

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