POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR PRODUCTION PLANT Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: positioning systems, for example for controlling industrial robots or machine tools. SUBSTANCE: in order to position positioning head relative to object there are used: positioning device having positioning unit, unit for controlling position of positioning unit, control information system of control unit and target indicators. Registration and determination of position of positioning head are realized by means of measuring system for determining three-dimension position including at least one registration device for detecting and regulating spatial position of positioning head. Target indicators providing accurate measurement of their position are arranged on object and(or) objects referred to it and also on positioning head and(or) attachments referred to it. Registration device may include optoelectric registering unit in the form of system of three-dimension technical vision or laser tracking device. EFFECT: enhanced accuracy of positioning. 10 cl, 3 dwg