Coordinate measuring method with two operation modes based on the adjustable articulated arms

Lianqing Zhu; Weixian Li; Zhikang Pan; Yangkuan Guo; Qingshan Chen

doi:10.1117/1.OE.53.12.122407

25 June 2014 Coordinate measuring method with two operation modes based on the adjustable articulated arms

Lianqing Zhu, Weixian Li, Zhikang Pan, Yangkuan Guo, Qingshan Chen

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 53, Issue 12, 122407 (June 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.53.12.122407

Abstract

A coordinate measuring method with two operation modes, based on the adjustable articulated arms, is proposed to keep measurement capability in global space and improve the measurement precision in local space. The adjustable articulated arm coordinate measuring machine (AACMM) with an electromagnetic locking device can automatically switch between the all-free articulated arms operation mode and the partially bound articulated arms operation mode. In the former mode, three arms and six articulations can freely move and measure the coordinates of any point in global space. In the latter mode, the front two articulations are locked to improve the measurement precision by decreasing the importation of angle errors in the local space. A prototype of the adjustable AACMM has also been designed and developed. A mathematical model for the adjustable AACMM has been built. Theoretical analysis and numerical simulation show that the partially bound AACMM performed much better than the all-free AACMM in single point repeatability and length measurement precision in the local space. Therefore, the proposed coordinate measuring method based on the adjustable articulated arms is verified as being effective.

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Lianqing Zhu, Weixian Li, Zhikang Pan, Yangkuan Guo, and Qingshan Chen "Coordinate measuring method with two operation modes based on the adjustable articulated arms," Optical Engineering 53(12), 122407 (25 June 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.53.12.122407

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