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Device and Method for Calibrating the Center Point of a Tool Mounted on a Robot by Means of a Camera

  • US 20080252248A1
  • Filed: 01/24/2006
  • Published: 10/16/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A device for tool center point calibration of a robot with a tool mounted on the robot, the device comprising:

  • a camera designed to capture a plurality of images of at least part of the robot tool for a plurality of different tool orientations,an image-processing unit designed to determine the positions of the robot tool in said orientations based on said images,a calculation module adapted to calculate the position of the center point of the robot tool, hereinafter referred to as the tool center point, based on said determined positions, anda control module adapted to calculate the corrective movements of the robot.

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