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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Universal Robots A/s, Odense S., DK;
Inventors:
Rune Søe-Knudsen, Årslev, DK;
Esben Hallundbæk Østergaard, Odense C, DK;
Henrik Gordon Petersen, Odense NV, DK;
Assignee:
Universal Robots A/S, Odense S., DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G05B 19/408 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/0081 (2013.01); B25J 9/009 (2013.01); B25J 9/163 (2013.01); B25J 9/1656 (2013.01); B25J 9/1682 (2013.01); B25J 9/1692 (2013.01); B25J 9/1694 (2013.01); G05B 19/4083 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39049 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40387 (2013.01); Y10S 901/05 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods includes calibrating robots without the use of external measurement equipment and copying working programs between un-calibrated robots. Both methods utilize the properties of a closed chain and the relative position of the links in the chain in order to update the kinematic models of the robots.