Calibrating a multi-manipulator robotic system

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-22

  Bonitz, Robert G ^{a,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Hsia, T C ^b,f,i,j,k  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Raytheon ^*

^g NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^h GTE   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^j PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k IEEE

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Author keywords

Calibration; Multi arm; Multi manipulator; Robot

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; END EFFECTORS; ERRORS; ROBOTIC ARMS;

CALIBRATION PLATES; MULTIMANIPULATOR ROBOTIC SYSTEM;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0031095485     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/100.580975     Document Type: Article

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