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AssigneesU.S.A. as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, GM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsCharles W. Wampler, II, Robert J. Platt, JR.
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A robotic system includes a dexterous robot having robotic joints, angle sensors adapted for measuring joint angles at a corresponding one of the joints, load cells for measuring a set of strain values imparted to a corresponding one of the load cells during a predetermined pose of the robot, and a host machine. The host machine is electrically connected to the load cells and angle sensors, and receives the joint angle values and strain values during the predetermined pose. The robot presses together mating pairs of load cells to form the poses. The host machine executes an algorithm to process the joint angles and strain values, and from the set of all calibration matrices that minimize error in force balance equations, selects the set of calibration matrices that is closest in a value to a pre-specified value. A method for calibrating the load cells via the algorithm is also provided.
A robotic system comprising:
A host machine adapted for use within a robotic system, the robotic system including a dexterous robot having a plurality of robotic joints, a plurality of angle sensors each adapted for measuring a joint angle value at a corresponding one of the robotic joints, and a plurality of load cells each adapted for measuring a set of strain values during a predetermined pose of the robot, the robot being adapted for pressing a mating pair of the load cells together to form the predetermined pose, the host machine comprising:
A method for calibrating load cells in a dexterous robot having a plurality of robotic joints, a plurality of angle sensors each adapted for measuring a joint angle value at a corresponding one of the robotic joints, a plurality of load cells each adapted for measuring a set of strain values imparted to a corresponding one of the load cells during a predetermined pose of the robot, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.