The relationship between the measurement error and the arrangement of laser trackers in laser trilateration

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 477-483

  Takatsuji, Toshiyuki ^a   Goto, Mitsuo ^a   Kirita, Atsushi ^a   Kurosawa, Tomizo ^a   Tanimura, Yoshihisa ^a  

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

Author keywords

Coordinate measurement; Interferometry; Laser tracking; Self calibration

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; LASERS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS;

LASER TRACKING INTERFEROMETER SYSTEM; LASER TRILATERATION; SELF-CALIBRATION ALGORITHMS;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0033718729     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/11/5/305     Document Type: Article

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