Kinematic Calibration of Parallel Robots for Docking Mechanism Motion Simulation

A new method for calibrating a parallel robot is proposed as part of a project aimed at developing a calibration method for spacecraft docking mechanism motion simulator. To implement this method, a calibration equation is built by generating the constraint conditions of the end-effector's motion in the workspace using a three-dimensional coordinate measuring machine. According to the established calibration equation and the simulation, the geometrical parameters of the parallel robot are identified. The effectiveness of the calibration method with a coordinate measuring machine is verified through random pose test experiment.

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