TOPSTAR Automatic Calibration

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After you set up Standard Interface communication, you can connect the robot to perform automatic calibration. The overall workflow of automatic calibration is shown in the figure below.

calibration process

Special note

During the calibration procedure, when you reach the Connect the robot step and the Waiting for robot to connect... button appears in Mech-Vision, perform the steps below on the robot side. After you perform the steps, proceed with the remaining steps in Mech-Vision.

  1. Select and modify the calibration program

  2. Teach the calibration start point

  3. Run the calibration program

1. Select and Modify the Calibration Program

  1. In the X-View software interface, click main to enter the program list and select MM_Auto_Calib.lua.

    calib lua

  2. Enter the MM_Calibration.lua program page, modify the IP address and port number, and then modify the variable values of the MM_Calibration command. For details, see calibration command description.

    modify variable

2. Teach the Calibration Start Point

  1. Move the robot to a suitable start point, and then in the nine-grid menu of X-View, click Data > Position Point.

    location point

  2. Select variable JP and click Modify in the lower-right corner of the interface.

    jp

  3. Click Refresh Point to ensure that the position point information is accurate, and then click Save. When the message Position file saved successfully appears, proceed to the next step.

    refresh point

3. Run the Calibration Program

  1. Click the robot icon in the upper-right corner of the software interface, and in the triggered menu, click Program Compile.

    program compile

  2. Enter the MM_Auto_Calib.lua editing page, switch to Debug Mode, and click Move Cursor to First Line.

    program compile
    cursor line

  3. Click the Motor icon under the FUNC module in the upper-right corner of the interface. After the robot is powered on, click the run button play in the CONTROL area at the lower-right corner to start the robot program.

    motor

  4. When, in the Calibration window in Mech-Vision, the current status changes to connected and the button Waiting for the robot to connect... changes to Disconnect robot, click Next at the bottom.

    start calilbration1

  5. Perform Step 4 of Start calibration (which is Set motion path) and the subsequent operations based the following links.

    • If the camera mounting mode is eye to hand, see this document and proceed with the relevant operations.

    • If the camera mounting mode is eye in hand, see this document and proceed with the relevant operations.

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