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OmniCalib Enables Target-Free Self-Calibration for Humanoid Robot Arms

OmniCalib is a new workflow that calibrates all 14 arm joint zeros and camera extrinsics on humanoid robots using only native motion and onboard sensors, without external targets. This method addresses sensor perturbations caused by assembly, wear, and component replacement.

Source: arXiv · arxiv.org Published 2026-09-17T02:10:47+00:00 Detected 2026-09-18T09:20:55+00:00
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OmniCalib is a new workflow that calibrates all 14 arm joint zeros and camera extrinsics on humanoid robots using only native motion and onboard sensors, without external targets. This method addresses sensor perturbations caused by assembly, wear, and component replacement.

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Assembly, wear, and component replacement perturb the sensor extrinsics and joint zeros encoded by a humanoid CAD model. Existing procedures calibrate one sensor pair or require external fiducials. Using only robot-native motion and onboard sensing, we present OmniCalib, a target-free workflow that calibrates the...

Accurate calibration is crucial for humanoid robots to perform precise tasks, and OmniCalib simplifies this by eliminating the need for external fiducials or single sensor pair calibration. This can improve robot autonomy and reduce downtime during maintenance.

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