MetriCal
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About MetriCal
MetriCal calibrates the intrinsic and spatial relationships between cameras, lidar, inertial sensors and other perception hardware. The software estimates lens parameters, sensor positions, timing offsets and motion relationships from recorded datasets and produces machine-readable calibration results.
Production workflows automate data validation, calibration execution and pass-fail checks across repeated sensor assemblies. Tangram Vision supplies APIs and deployment tools for factories, robotics laboratories and vehicle-development teams requiring consistent calibration across fleets and hardware revisions.
Timeline
- Tangram Vision releases MetriCal 18 with robotic hand-eye calibration
2026-07-15 - Capability - The release estimates time offsets across streaming sensors and offers optional rolling-shutter compensation. Random-grid target detection supports patterns of large and small circles arranged on a regular grid. Tangram measured average end-to-end processing 2.4 times faster than version 17 across its calibration-guide datasets.
Source - Tangram Vision releases MetriCal 17 with Rerun 0.30 and system-specification tools
2026-03-10 - Product Launch - The release added organized camera, 3D and IMU visualization layouts for calibration workflows. New spec and Plex command suites support calibration setup, inspection and transformation of sensor configurations. The capability strengthens Tangram Vision's role in inspection, monitoring or infrastructure automation workflows.
Source - Tangram Vision moves MetriCal metrics outputs to MCAP
2025-09-16 - Capability - The change packages calibration metrics, summaries and attachments into a robotics-native data container. Tangram described the shift as part of a refinement of MetriCal workflows based on customer use. The capability strengthens Tangram Vision moves MetriCal metrics outputs to MCAP's role in commercial automation and autonomous-system workflows.
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