Robotic target alignment for vehicle sensor calibration

A robotic system for aligning a target to an equipped vehicle for calibration of a sensor on the equipped vehicle, said system comprising:

• a vehicle support stand upon which an equipped vehicle is stationarily disposed in an established known position for calibration of a sensor on the equipped vehicle;
• a robotic manipulator that is moveable longitudinally toward and away from said vehicle support stand, wherein the robotic manipulator comprises a multi-axis robotic arm;
• a target, with said robotic arm configured to moveably hold said target for multi-axis movement of said target;
• wherein said robotic manipulator is configured to position said target into a calibration position relative to the sensor on the equipped vehicle by longitudinal movement of said robotic manipulator relative to said vehicle support stand and by movement of said robotic arm based on the established known position of the equipped vehicle on said vehicle support stand whereby the sensor is able to be calibrated using said target.