Calibration method for a visual sensor
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorAtsushi Watanabe
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Abstract
A visual sensor calibration method of calibrating of a visual sensor in a robot system. A pattern plate is provided on an arm of a robot, and the calibration pattern data (CPDr) of the pattern plate on robot's base coordinates is sent from a robot controller to a visual sensor controller. The visual sensor controller picks up an image of the pattern plate by a camera to obtain calibration pattern data (CPDc). The calibration data (CD) is obtained from the calibration pattern data (CPDr) and the calibration pattern data (CPDc), to thereby calibrate the visual sensor.
Claims7
A visual sensor calibration method of calibrating a visual sensor in a robot system comprising the steps of:
- providing a pattern plate including a plurality of dots, for obtaining a calibration, on an arm of a robot;
- obtaining, using a robot controller, a first calibration pattern data of said pattern plate at a position of said pattern plate on said robot arm, said first calibration pattern data being coordinate positions of each of said plurality of dots in said pattern plate;
- sending said first calibration pattern data of said pattern plate from said robot controller to a visual sensor controller;
- obtaining, using said visual sensor controller, a second calibration pattern data from an image of said pattern plate, said second calibration pattern data being coordinate positions of each of said plurality of dots in said image of said pattern plate;
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- obtaining, using said visual sensor controller, calibration data from said first calibration pattern data and said second calibration pattern data, to thereby calibrate a visual sensor.
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