Field Calibration of Hyperspectral Cameras for Terrain Inference

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Main Authors: Hanson, Nathaniel, Pyatski, Benjamin, Hibbard, Samuel, Lvov, Gary, De La Garza, Oscar, DiMarzio, Charles, Dorsey, Kristen L., Padır, Taşkın
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Published: 2025
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author Hanson, Nathaniel
Pyatski, Benjamin
Hibbard, Samuel
Lvov, Gary
De La Garza, Oscar
DiMarzio, Charles
Dorsey, Kristen L.
Padır, Taşkın
author_facet Hanson, Nathaniel
Pyatski, Benjamin
Hibbard, Samuel
Lvov, Gary
De La Garza, Oscar
DiMarzio, Charles
Dorsey, Kristen L.
Padır, Taşkın
contents Intra-class terrain differences such as water content directly influence a vehicle's ability to traverse terrain, yet RGB vision systems may fail to distinguish these properties. Evaluating a terrain's spectral content beyond red-green-blue wavelengths to the near infrared spectrum provides useful information for intra-class identification. However, accurate analysis of this spectral information is highly dependent on ambient illumination. We demonstrate a system architecture to collect and register multi-wavelength, hyperspectral images from a mobile robot and describe an approach to reflectance calibrate cameras under varying illumination conditions. To showcase the practical applications of our system, HYPER DRIVE, we demonstrate the ability to calculate vegetative health indices and soil moisture content from a mobile robot platform.
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spellingShingle Field Calibration of Hyperspectral Cameras for Terrain Inference
Hanson, Nathaniel
Pyatski, Benjamin
Hibbard, Samuel
Lvov, Gary
De La Garza, Oscar
DiMarzio, Charles
Dorsey, Kristen L.
Padır, Taşkın
Robotics
Image and Video Processing
Intra-class terrain differences such as water content directly influence a vehicle's ability to traverse terrain, yet RGB vision systems may fail to distinguish these properties. Evaluating a terrain's spectral content beyond red-green-blue wavelengths to the near infrared spectrum provides useful information for intra-class identification. However, accurate analysis of this spectral information is highly dependent on ambient illumination. We demonstrate a system architecture to collect and register multi-wavelength, hyperspectral images from a mobile robot and describe an approach to reflectance calibrate cameras under varying illumination conditions. To showcase the practical applications of our system, HYPER DRIVE, we demonstrate the ability to calculate vegetative health indices and soil moisture content from a mobile robot platform.
title Field Calibration of Hyperspectral Cameras for Terrain Inference
topic Robotics
Image and Video Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25663