GECARO: A system for the GEometric CAlibration of RObots

Journal Europeen des Systemes Automatises

Volumn 33, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 717-739

  Khalil, Wisama ^a   Lemoine, Philippe ^a  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Calibration; Geometric parameters; Identification; Robots; Static accuracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010224763     PISSN: 12696935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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