A new calibration method using orientation constraint is presented to improve the accuracy of parallel robots. With the use of a commercial biaxial inclinometer
two attitude angles of the end-effecter are kept constant at different measurement configurations. The corresponding calibration algorithm is built through the orientation constraint. Instead of positioning accuracy
repeatability and resolution of the inclinometer are used to construct the orientation constraint
and the measurement range of the inclinometer has no effect on the calibration method. Moreover
the actuators of the parallel robots do not need to operate in passive mod because the orientation constraint is not constructed by the mechanical locking device. Simulation results show that the position accuracy and the orientation accuracy reach 0.1 mm and 0.01°
respectively
with measurement precision on leg lengths of 2 μm and repeatability on inclinometer of 0.001°.
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