Kinematic calibration of parallel mechanisms: A novel approach using legs observation

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 529-538

  Renaud, Pierre ^a,b,c   Andreff, Nicolas ^b   Philippe, Martinet ^b   Gogu, Grigore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSA DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Calibration; Computer vision; Legs observation; Parallel mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CALIBRATION; CAMERAS; COMPUTER VISION; END EFFECTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SENSORS;

KINEMATIC CALIBRATION; LEGS OBSERVATION; PARALLEL MECHANISMS;

KINEMATICS;

EID: 24144454680     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2005.847606     Document Type: Article

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