A Portable Instrument for 3-D Dynamic Robot Measurements Using Triangulation and Laser Tracking

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 504-516

  Mayer, J R R ^a   Parker, Graham A ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; KINEMATICS; LASER BEAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENTS; PERFORMANCE; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; POSITION MEASUREMENT; STANDARDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRACKING (POSITION); TRIANGULATION;

LASER TRACKING; MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT; OPTICAL TARGET; ROBOT END EFFECTOR;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0028485015     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/70.313100     Document Type: Article

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