An overview of kinematic and calibration models using internal/external sensors or constraints to improve the behavior of spatial parallel mechanisms

AC Majarena, J Santolaria, D Samper, JJ Aguilar - Sensors, 2010 - mdpi.com
This paper presents an overview of the literature on kinematic and calibration models of
parallel mechanisms, the influence of sensors in the mechanism accuracy and parallel …

Online robot calibration based on vision measurement

G Du, P Zhang - Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2013 - Elsevier
Robot calibration is a useful diagnostic method to improve positioning accuracy in robot
production and maintenance. Unlike traditional calibration methods that require expensive …

Autonomous robot calibration using vision technology

Y Meng, H Zhuang - Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2007 - Elsevier
Unlike the traditional robot calibration methods, which need external expensive calibration
apparatus and elaborate setups to measure the 3D feature points in the reference frame, a …

Complete, minimal and continuous error models for the kinematic calibration of parallel manipulators based on POE formula

G Chen, L Kong, Q Li, H Wang, Z Lin - Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2018 - Elsevier
Determination of the identifiable parameters plays an important role in kinematic calibration
of robot manipulators. For the conventional serial robots, a consensus has been reached on …

Kinematic calibration and investigation of the influence of universal joint errors on accuracy improvement for a 3-DOF parallel manipulator

L Kong, G Chen, Z Zhang, H Wang - Robotics and Computer-Integrated …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the accuracy enhancement of a 3-PRRU parallel manipulator and the
influence of imperfect universal joints on calibration result through kinematic calibration. The …

Kinematic calibration of a 6-DOF parallel manipulator based on identifiable parameters separation (IPS)

Y Hu, F Gao, X Zhao, B Wei, D Zhao, Y Zhao - Mechanism and Machine …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents a new calibration method for a 6 degree-of-freedom (DOF) parallel
manipulator based on identifiable parameters separation (IPS). This method begins with the …

A novel XY-Theta precision table and a geometric procedure for its kinematic calibration

A Joubair, M Slamani, IA Bonev - Robotics and Computer-Integrated …, 2012 - Elsevier
Spatial precision positioning devices are often based on parallel robots, but when it comes
to planar positioning, the well-known serial architecture is virtually the only solution …

Calibration of parallel manipulators and their application to machine tools. A state of the art survey

EE Hernández-Martínez, CS López-Cajún… - Ingeniería …, 2010 - scielo.org.mx
Some of the main investigations on calibration methods of parallel mechanisms are briefly
discussed in this work. Initially, the identification of errors in these structures applied to …

Parallel mechanisms

JP Merlet, C Gosselin, T Huang - Springer handbook of robotics, 2016 - Springer
This chapter presents an introduction to the kinematics and dynamics of parallel
mechanisms, also referred to as parallel robots. As opposed to classical serial manipulators …

Tolerance design and kinematic calibration of a four-degrees-of-freedom pick-and-place parallel robot

T Huang, P Bai, J Mei… - Journal of …, 2016 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper presents a comprehensive methodology for ensuring the geometric pose
accuracy of a 4DOF high-speed pick-and-place parallel robot having an articulated traveling …