Intrinsic camera and hand-eye calibration for a robot vision system using a point marker

Abstract

Accurate robot camera calibration is a requirement for vision guided robots to perform precision assembly tasks. In this paper, we address the problem of doing intrinsic camera and hand-eye calibration on a robot vision system using a single point marker. This removes the need for using bulky special purpose calibration objects, and also facilitates on line accuracy checking and re-calibration when needed, without altering the robots production environment. The proposed solution provides a calibration routine that produces high quality results on par with the robot accuracy and completes a calibration in 3 minutes without need of manual intervention. We also present a method for automatic testing of camera calibration accuracy. Results from experimental verification on the dual arm concept robot FRIDA are presented.