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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2008
Tobias Ortmaier, Hemmingen, DE;
Dirk Jacob, Augsburg, DE;
Tobias Ortmaier, Hemmingen, DE;
Dirk Jacob, Augsburg, DE;
KUKA Laboratories GmbH, Augsburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for determining a position for and positioning a detection device (E) of a navigation system. First, a computer simulation of a system is done that comprises a robot (R) which has first markers (M) of a navigation system or first prominent points, a three-dimensional object (P) which has second markers (M) of the navigation system or second prominent points, and a detection device (E) of the navigation system. Various positions of the robot (R), the object (P), and/or the detection device (E) are simulated, and the quality of the detectability of the first markers (M) or the first prominent points on the robot (R) and/or the second markers (M) or the second prominent points on the object (P) are automatically determined for the simulated positions by means of the detection device (E). The determined qualities and the corresponding simulated positions and/or the simulated position having the highest or at least a sufficiently high determined quality is/are output.