Easy industrial robot cell coordinates calibration with touch panel. (April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cai, Yuye; Gu, Hao; Li, Cheng; Liu, Huashan
• Is Part Of: Robotics and computer-integrated manufacturing. Volume 50(2018)
• Page Start: 276
• Page End: 285
• Publication Date: 2018-04
• Subjects: Industrial robot -- Robot cell -- Work object coordinates calibration -- Tool center point calibration -- Touch panel; w.r.t. with respect to -- TCP tool center point -- Wobj work object coordinates; Robots, Industrial -- Periodicals; Computer integrated manufacturing systems -- Periodicals; Robotics -- Periodicals; Robots industriels -- Périodiques; Productique -- Périodiques; Robotique -- Périodiques; 670.285
• DOI: 10.1016/j.rcim.2017.10.004
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0736-5845

Abstract

Highlights: Benefits of robot cell calibration and effect of robot system error on different programing methods are discussed. An easy-to-use robot cell calibration solution with touch panel is proposed. Error effect of the proposed cell calibration is analyzed via simulation. Experiments on a commercial mobile device show that the proposed solution can reach calibration accuracy to sub-mm level with high consistent repeatability. Abstract: Robot cell calibration is the basic commissioning task in robot applications. Traditional way is either tedious manual calibration or complex machine calibration with expensive sensors. This paper presents a novel solution to complete the robot cell calibration with touch panel, which is an easily accessible and low-cost device in daily use on tablets or smart phones. In this paper, we discuss the robot cell calibration problem and propose the touch panel based calibration system approach. In particular, the error effect of touch panel on calibration has been analyzed. The practical calibration performance has been validated via experiments.