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Citation:

S.C. Venema, 'A Kalman Filter Calibration Method for Analog Quadrature Position Encoders,' MSEE Thesis, University of Washington, Department of Electrical Engineering, June 1994.

Abstract

A method is described and validated for the automatic calibration of analog sine-wave quadrature sensors, such as optical encoders, embedded in a functioning system. The algorithm uses a Kalman filter to estimate the true position of the direct-drive actuated joint using a model of it's dynamics, an applied actuator command, and measurements from the uncalibrated sensor. From the estimated true position, a lookup table is constructed which corrects sensor errors. Our results indicate that this method achieve accuracies typical of interferometric calibration, without requiring an external measurement device. The accuracy is surprisingly robust to modeling errors.

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