METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SPATIAL CALIBRATION OF A MOBILE OBJECT SUCH AS A SENSOR OR A TOOL CARRIED BY A ROBOT.

摘要

PCT No. PCT/FR94/00687 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 8, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 8, 1995 PCT Filed Jun. 10, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO94/29774 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 22, 1994A method and apparatus for identifying the position of an object that is movable in a determined three-dimensional zone by means of a video camera (20) or the like mounted on the movable object (14), the camera (20) being capable of being swivelled to sight targets (22) disposed around the movable object (14) and to enable the position and the orientation of said object to be determined accurately by triangulation. The invention is particularly applicable to accurately determining the position and the orientation of a sensor or a tool mounted on a robot.