Calibration and Synchronization of a Robot-Mounted Camera for Fast Sensor-Based Robot Motion

For precise control of robots along paths which are sensed online it is of fundamental importance to have a calibrated system. In addition to the identification of the sensor parameters - in our case the camera calibration - we focus on the adaptation of parameters that characterize the integration of the sensor into the control system or the application. The most important of such parameters are identified best when evaluating an application task, after a short pre-calibration phase. The method is demonstrated in experiments in which a robot arm follows a curved line at high speed.

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