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Using Full Pose Measurement for Serial Robot Calibration.

Marek Franaszek¹, Jeremy A Marvel¹

¹Intelligent Systems Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA.

Applied Sciences (Basel, Switzerland)

|February 2, 2023

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Accurate robot calibration requires full 6D pose measurements, not just 3D locations. Using 6D pose data significantly reduces robot orientation errors, ensuring smoother robot operations and precise kinematic model calibration.

Keywords:

calibration uncertainty part probing robot calibration robot remastering sensor feedback uncertainty reduction

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Area of Science:

Robotics
Kinematics
Sensor Fusion

Background:

Robot operation relies on accurate kinematic models and base-to-world transformations.
External sensors providing 3D locations or 6D poses are crucial for calibration and registration.
Current methods often utilize 3D data, potentially limiting accuracy.

Purpose of the Study:

To compare the effectiveness of 3D location versus full 6D pose measurements for robot calibration.
To evaluate the impact of measurement type on robot orientation and position errors.
To determine the optimal sensor data for precise robot kinematic parameter and registration transformation determination.

Main Methods:

Extensive simulations were conducted on a 7 degrees of freedom robot arm.
Positional and rotational components of sensor measurements were perturbed with pseudo-noise.
Calibration and registration procedures using 3D data were compared against those using 6D pose data.

Main Results:

Full 6D pose measurements significantly reduce robot orientation errors compared to 3D data alone.
Robot position errors were found to be comparable regardless of whether 3D or 6D pose data was used.
Simulations demonstrated the superiority of 6D pose data for improving rotational accuracy in robot calibration.

Conclusions:

Full 6D pose measurements are superior to 3D location data for minimizing robot orientation errors during calibration and registration.
For precise robot kinematic parameter determination and coordinate frame registration, 6D pose sensing is recommended.
The findings provide valuable insights for optimizing sensor selection in robotic calibration tasks.