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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerald Stengele, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 1/738 ; G06F 1/900 ; G01P 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 1/738 ; G06F 1/900 ; G01P 2/100 ;
Abstract
In a method for calibrating machine units in machine tools and robotic devices that perform a parallel-kinematic motion in a motion space, the position of the machine unit relative to a reference system is determined from the totality of the positions of all drives operating in parallel of the machine units, whereby each drive moves relative to the reference system a single drivetrain that is associated exclusively with the drive. The machine units can be calibrated using a robust and efficient iterative process that generates a kinematic transformation.