An Implicit Loop Method for Kinematic Calibration and Its Application to Closed-Chain Mechanisms

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 710-724

  Arai, Tatsuo ^c  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); END EFFECTORS; KINEMATICS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICS;

IMPLICIT LOOP METHOD; MEASURING DEVICES; MULTILOOP MECHANISMS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0029393302     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/70.466613     Document Type: Article

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