Project outputs

Publishable Summary (updated Jan 2024)

Videos

Video of dynamic tracking of 50+ objects using photogrammetry (speeds up to 10 m/s, up to 100 Hz framerate) (from UCL)

Open access publications

This list of Open Access publications will be populated here as the project progresses.

• Guillory J, Truong D, Wallerand J-P, “Multilateration with Self-Calibration: Uncertainty Assessment, Experimental Measurements and Monte-Carlo Simulations, Metrology (2022) 2(2) 241-262. DOI: 10.3390/metrology2020015
• Puerto P, Heißelmann D, Müller S and Mendikute A, “Methodology to evaluate the performance of portable photogrammetry for large volume metrology”, Metrology (2022) 2(3) 320-334. DOI:10.3390/metrology2030020
• Yan H, Pollinger F, Köchert P, Knigge P, Blohm J, Meyer T, Prellinger G, Stein M, Heißelmann D, “Design of an absolute distance interferometer for the dynamic calibration of large-volume coordinate measurement machines “, https://www.euspen.eu/knowledge-base/ICE23231.pdf
• Köchert P, Meyer T, Yan H, Sauthoff A, Prellinger G and Pollinger F, “The PTB Multiwavelength Interferometer for Distances up to 5000 m”, Proc. 2023 ASPE Winter Topical Meeting, DOI: 10.7795/810.20240130

We have five more publications submitted to journals which are currently in the review stage.

 

Theses and Scientific reports

A researcher from VTT-MIKES successfully defended their Master’s thesis:

Time synchronization for large volume metrology in industrial networks, https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2023062157387

 

Conference presentations and posters

This list of conference presentations and posters will be populated here as the project progresses.

• Low cost on-line photogrammetric 6DoF at 100 Hz tracking 10 m/s motion across multiple objects, Coordinate Metrology Society Conference (Jul 2022)
• Multi-wavelength interferometry for SI-traceable absolute long-distance measurement, World Interferometry Day 2023 (Apr 2023)
• Design of an absolute distance interferometer for the dynamic calibration of large-volume coordinate measurement machines, euspen’s 23rd International Conference & Exhibition, Copenhagen, DK, 2023 (Jun 2023)
• The PTB Multiwavelength Interferometer for Distances up to 5000m, 2023 ASPE Winter Topical Meeting Precision Optical Metrology Workshop, Tucson, Arizona, USA (Mar 2023)
• Two-color self-tracking interferometer for large volume calibrations, 3D Metrology Conference (3DMC) (Sep 2023)
• High-speed 6DOF tool monitoring with a low-cost photogrammetric system, 3D Metrology Conference (3DMC) (Sep 2023)
• Device synchronization in industrial network for 3D metrology using Precision Time Protocol, 3D Metrology Conference (3DMC) (Sep 2023)
• Multilateration system using glass spheres to determine station positions at better than 50 µm, 3D Metrology Conference (3DMC) (Sep 2023)
• OPTIMUM accuracy trials and volume simulation, 3D Metrology Conference (3DMC) (Sep 2023)
• High-speed 6DOF tool monitoring with a low-cost photogrammetric system, 3D Metrology Conference (3DMC) (Sep 2023)
• Multi-wavelength interferometry for geodesy and large volume metrology, ISMT-II (Sep 2023)
• Absolute distance interferometry at rolling mills, woods, and other strange places, 3rd International High-level Forum on High-end Measurement Instruments & 13th International Symposium on Precision Engineering Measurements and Instrumentation (IFMI & ISPEMI 2024), Qingdao (Aug 2024)
• 1D and 3D verification of a two-colour self-tracking interferometer for large volume calibrations, Accepted for 3D Metrology Conference (3DMC) (Sep 2024)
• Photogrammetry input to Dynamite project, with support from IDEKO, Accepted for 3D Metrology Conference (3DMC) (Sep 2024)
• Introduction to the DynaMITE project, Accepted for 3D Metrology Conference (3DMC) (Sep 2024)
• Range finding with temporal pseudo-synthetic wavelengths, World Interferometry Day 2024 (Apr 2024)
• Online Heydemann correction of displacement measuring interferometers, 60th Ilmenau Scientific Colloquium “Engineering for a Changing World” (ISC), Ilmenau, Germany (Sep 2023)
• Positioning a cable-driven robot at better than 0.25 mm using multilateration and photogrammetry, Accepted for 3D Metrology Conference (3DMC) (Sep 2024)
• Tackling non-linear laser tuning in Frequency Scanning Interferometry (FSI), Accepted for 3D Metrology Conference (3DMC) (Sep 2024)
• Dynamics Characterisation and Vibration Control in Robotic Machine System, Accepted for 3D Metrology Conference (3DMC) (Sep 2024)
• Calibration of a multi-camera photogrammetric system using a laser tracker, International Scientific Conference Coordinate Measuring Technique (Apr 2024)
• Procedura wzorcowania przyrządów pomiarowych na 50 m komparatorze interferencyjnym Głównego Urzędu Miar, XV Konferencja Naukowa Systemy Pomiarowe w Badaniach Naukowych i w Przemyśle (Jun 2024)
• Observation of aircraft ground performance with multicamera video monitoring system, XXIV IMEKO World Congress (Aug 2024)

Project uptake

• NPL FSI system delivered to the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) Wales
• Photogrammetric Tracking for Robotic Composite Pre-Forming – delivered March 2022 to UK National Composites Centre
• Low-cost photogrammetric tracking – delivered May 2022 to a UK aerospace company
• Low-cost photogrammetric structural health monitoring – delivered May 2023 to a UK aerospace company

Organizations collaborating with the project consortium

• SIOS Messtechnik, Germany
• Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, Germany
• University of South Wales, UK
• UK Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre,
• UKRI

Patents granted or in use

• WO2015198044A1 Dual laser frequency sweep interferometer system and method

Inputs to standardization and metrology committees

1. Participation at VDI/VDE FA 4.32, June 2021 (DE)
2. Participation at VDI/VDE FA 4.31, October 2021 (DE)
3. Participation at VDI/VDE FA 4.32, October 2021 (DE)
4. Participation at DIN NA 152-03-02-12 UA, October 2021 (DE)
5. Participation at VDI/VDE FA 4.32, February 2022 (DE)
6. Participation at VDI/VDE FA 4.31, March 2022 (DE)
7. Participation at DIN NA 152-03-02-12 UA, March 2022 (DE)
8. Participation at  DIN NA 005-03-04 AA, April 2022 (DE)
9. Participation at VDI/VDE FA 4.32, May 2022 (DE)
10. Participation at VDI/VDE FA 4.31, October 2022 (DE)
11. Participation at VDI/VDE FA 4.32, October 2022 (DE)
12. Participation at  DIN NA 005-03-04 AA, October 2022 (DE)
13. Participation at DIN NA 152-03-02-12 UA, October 2022 (DE)
14. Participation at EURAMET TC-L, October 2022 (UK)
15. Participation at ISO/TC172/SC6, November 2022 (DE)
16. Participation at VDI/VDE FA 4.32, February 2023 (DE)
17. Participation at VDI/VDE FA 4.31, March 2023 (DE)
18. Participation at DIN NA 152-03-02-12 UA, March 2023 (DE)
19. Participation at VDI/VDE FA 4.32, May 2023 (DE)
20. Participation at  DIN NA 005-03-04 AA, April 2023 (DE)
21. Participation at VDI/VDE FA 4.32, September2023 (DE)
22. Participation at DIN NA 152-03-02-12 UA, October 2023 (DE)
23. Participation at EURAMET TC-L, October 2023 (FI)
24. Participation at  DIN NA 005-03-04 AA, November 2023 (DE)
25. Participation at  DIN NA 005-03-04 AA, April 2024 (DE)

Training activities