• DocumentCode
    2246178
  • Title

    Auto-calibration for a parallel manipulator with sensor redundancy

  • Author

    Yiu, Y.K. ; Meng, J. ; Li, Z.X.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of EEE, Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Kowloon, China
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    14-19 Sept. 2003
  • Firstpage
    3660
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we propose two algorithms for the auto-calibration of the home position or the joint angle offsets for a parallel manipulator by utilizing the extra sensor(s) information (sensor redundancy), sampling over the workspace, and optimizing a suitably chosen cost function, without resorting to any other external equipment. Meanwhile, a measure or estimate of the precision of the machine is also obtained. It is very useful and convenient if the machine needs frequent re-calibration. Simulations and experiments are also performed to show the effectiveness of the algorithms.
  • Keywords
    calibration; manipulators; optimisation; redundancy; sensors; autocalibration; cost function; joint angle offsets; machine precision estimate; optimization; parallel manipulator; recalibration; sampling; sensor information; sensor redundancy; Calibration; Computational modeling; Coordinate measuring machines; Cost function; Kinematics; Manipulators; Mechanical sensors; Redundancy; Sampling methods; Sensor systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Robotics and Automation, 2003. Proceedings. ICRA '03. IEEE International Conference on
  • ISSN
    1050-4729
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7736-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1242158
  • Filename
    1242158