Automatic Extrinsic Calibration and Workspace Mapping: Algorithms to Shorten the Setup time of Camera-guided Industrial Robots

In small to medium enterprises (SME), industrial robot arms are not used very much despite the fact that they offer a large potential to increase the competitiveness. The problem is that to be effective in the SME sector, robot systems should be more flexible. To be economically effective a robot arm should be used with multiple different tasks...