Point Cloud Library

An open-source C++ library for 2D/3D point cloud processing: filtering, segmentation, registration, surface reconstruction, feature extraction, and object recognition. PCL is the standard library for processing LiDAR and depth camera data in robotics. Key algorithms include ICP registration, RANSAC plane segmentation, and Euclidean cluster extraction.

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