Sensor fusion of laser trackers for use in large-scale precision metrology

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5263, Issue , 2004, Pages 57-65

  Mitchell, John ^a   Spence, Allan ^a   Hoang, Manhtriet ^b   Free, Arnold ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Maya Heat Transfer Tech Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coordinate measuring machine; Laser tracker; Metrology; Sensor fusion

Indexed keywords

COMMON COORDIANTE SYSTEM (CCS); COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE; LASER TRACKERS; SENSOR FUSION;

ALGORITHMS; ASSEMBLY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PRECISION ENGINEERING; VECTORS;

SENSORS;

EID: 2142759710     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.515021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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