Patent ID: 8265792

Claim:
A robotic system comprising: a dexterous robot having a plurality of robotic joints; a plurality of angle sensors each adapted for measuring a joint angle value at a corresponding one of the robotic joints; a plurality of load cells each adapted for measuring at least one strain value imparted to a corresponding one of the load cells during a predetermined pose of the robot; and a host machine that is electrically connected to each of the load cells and to each of the angle sensors, the host machine being configured to receive the joint angles from the angle sensors and the at least one strain value from each of the load cells during the predetermined pose; wherein the robot is adapted for pressing a mating pair of the load cells together to form the predetermined pose, and wherein the host machine is adapted for processing the joint angles and the strain values to thereby determine a set of calibration matrices, and for determining a calibration matrix from the set of calibration matrices that is closest in a value to a pre-specified value.