Simultaneous Calibration and Stiffness Identification of Flexible Link Robots using Lumped Parameter Model

Stefan Gadringer, Patrick Klement, Hubert Gattringer, Andreas Müller, Ronald Naderer

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Abstract

Elastic joints and/or links greatly influence the position and orientation accuracy of robots. Hence, standard geometric calibration might be insufficient for elastic robots and stiffness identification is also required for improved accuracy. This paper describes the simultaneous identification of geometric as well elasticity parameters of a 3-DoF flexible link robot using a lumped parameter model. These parameters were identified via the usage of 100 optimal poses and thoroughly verified with more than 9500 poses, which were distributed over the whole workspace and measured via a laser tracker. Experimental results for a standard geometric calibration as well as a combined geometric and stiffness identification approach are presented. The simultaneous identification approach leads to a maximum position error of 1.50 mm compared to 5.71 mm for geometric calibration only. The determined parameters as well as dependencies are shown and discussed for physical interpretability.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Service and Industrial Robotics - RAAD 2022
EditorsAndreas Müller, Mathias Brandstötter
Pages52-59
Number of pages8
Volume120
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2022

Publication series

NameMechanisms and Machine Science
Volume120 MMS
ISSN (Print)2211-0984
ISSN (Electronic)2211-0992

Fields of science

  • 203015 Mechatronics
  • 203022 Technical mechanics
  • 202 Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Information Engineering
  • 202035 Robotics
  • 203013 Mechanical engineering

JKU Focus areas

  • Digital Transformation

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