ROBOT SYSTEM AND CALIBRATION METHOD
First Claim
1. A robot system, comprisinga robot arm;
- a camera configured to photograph a workpiece;
a calibration jig with a marker that allows image recognition; and
a calibration apparatus configured to derive a correlation between camera coordinates and robot coordinates, the camera coordinates being coordinates in an image photographed by the camera, the robot coordinates being coordinates using the robot arm as a reference, whereinthe robot arm is configured to have a posture corresponding to a relative position of the camera with respect to the marker,the calibration apparatus includes;
an arm controller configured to control the robot arm to change the relative position of the camera with respect to the marker, so as to set a plurality of photographing positions;
a camera-coordinate acquirer configured to acquire the camera coordinates of the marker to be obtained by photographing in the plurality of photographing positions;
a posture-information acquirer configured to acquire information of the posture of the robot arm when the marker is photographed by the camera in the plurality of photographing positions; and
a correlation derivation unit configured to derive the correlation between the camera coordinates and the robot coordinates based on the camera coordinates acquired by the camera-coordinate acquirer and the posture information acquired by the posture-information acquirer.
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Abstract
A robot system includes: a robot arm; a camera; a calibration jig with a marker that allows image recognition; and a calibration apparatus configured to derive a correlation between camera coordinates being coordinates in a photographed image and robot coordinates using the robot arm as a reference. The robot arm is configured to have a posture corresponding to a relative position of the camera with respect to the marker. The calibration apparatus sets a plurality of photographing positions by changing the relative position, acquires the camera coordinates of the marker in the plurality of photographing positions and information of the posture of the robot arm, and derives the correlation.
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10 Claims
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1. A robot system, comprising
a robot arm; -
a camera configured to photograph a workpiece; a calibration jig with a marker that allows image recognition; and a calibration apparatus configured to derive a correlation between camera coordinates and robot coordinates, the camera coordinates being coordinates in an image photographed by the camera, the robot coordinates being coordinates using the robot arm as a reference, wherein the robot arm is configured to have a posture corresponding to a relative position of the camera with respect to the marker, the calibration apparatus includes; an arm controller configured to control the robot arm to change the relative position of the camera with respect to the marker, so as to set a plurality of photographing positions; a camera-coordinate acquirer configured to acquire the camera coordinates of the marker to be obtained by photographing in the plurality of photographing positions; a posture-information acquirer configured to acquire information of the posture of the robot arm when the marker is photographed by the camera in the plurality of photographing positions; and a correlation derivation unit configured to derive the correlation between the camera coordinates and the robot coordinates based on the camera coordinates acquired by the camera-coordinate acquirer and the posture information acquired by the posture-information acquirer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A calibration method, comprising:
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setting a plurality of photographing positions by controlling a robot arm in a posture corresponding to a relative position of a camera with respect to a marker that is provided with a calibration jig and allows image recognition, so as to change the relative position of the camera with respect to the marker; acquiring camera coordinates of the marker as coordinates in an image photographed with the camera by photographing in the plurality of photographing positions; acquiring information of the posture of the robot arm when the marker is photographed with the camera in the plurality of photographing positions; and deriving a correlation between the camera coordinates and robot coordinates based on the camera coordinates and the posture information, the robot coordinates being coordinates using the robot arm as a reference. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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