Modelling and calibration technique of laser triangulation sensors for integration in robot arms and articulated arm coordinate measuring machines

Sensors

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 7374-7396

  Santolaria, Jorge ^a   Guillomía, David ^a   Cajal, Carlos ^a   Albajez, José A ^a   Aguilar, Juan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Articulated arm coordinate measuring machine; Digitalization; Extrinsic and intrinsic calibration; Laser triangulation sensor; Non contact measurement

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY AND REPEATABILITIES; ARTICULATED ARM COORDINATE-MEASURING MACHINES; CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES; DIGITALIZATION; EXTRINSIC CALIBRATION; KINEMATIC PARAMETERS; LASER TRIANGULATION SENSOR; NONCONTACT MEASUREMENTS;

COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINES; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROBOTIC ARMS; SENSORS;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 70350020523     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s90907374     Document Type: Article

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