High-precision robots: What to do when absolute accuracy is poor?

With top equipment and years of experience, Fraunhofer IPA gets to the root causes of inaccurate robot operation. Source: Rainer Bez, Fraunhofer IPA

Robots are almost always highly repeatable. Absolute accuracy, on the other hand, often leaves something to be desired. A team at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA is uncovering the reasons for this and helping companies to achieve more efficient robot systems.

Repeatability and absolute accuracy...