Industrial Robot: Volume 21 Issue 6

Robotrak: calibration on a shoestring

John Owens

Examines the problem of the robot and fixture calibration from theperspective of simulation and off‐line programming. Looks at the twobasic methods of measuring robot…

Eye in hand robot calibration

G D van Albada, J M Lagerberg, A Visser

Outlines research work to design a robot calibration system which isportable, accurate and low‐cost. Describes prototype measuring systemwhich is based on a camera in the…

Optotrac—cat’s eyes and lasers

Gideon Simon

For the off‐line programming of robots to be successful thegraphical simulation must model the real work cell to a very high degree ofaccuracy which calls for equally…

Cadcam welding in steel bridge panel fabrication

Yuji Sugitani, Yoshihiro Kanjo, Masatoshi Murayama

Describes the use of welding robots for making bridge panels. The systemuses a total of 14 sets of High Speed Rotating Arc welding robots andnewly‐developed arc sensor…

Nd: Yag lasers and robots‐ cutting automotive parts on the production floor

Thomas R Kugler

Describes an automated laser cutting cell used in the automotiveindustry. The cell has the benefits of fast throughput because of highcutting speeds, adaptability of…

Robocal—the IPK robot calibration package

Klaus Schroer

Describes a robot calibration package which produces a set of identifiedrobot model parameters. Uses a measurement target mounted on therobot’s end effector and a pair of…