How do you handle sensor firmware updates without breaking calibration?

IMUs, force/torque sensors, depth cameras, LiDAR, tactile skin, SLAM, and state estimation.
barbara50
Posts: 178
Joined: Thu Dec 19, 2024 12:19 pm

Re: How do you handle sensor firmware updates without breaking calibration?

Post by barbara50 »

@samuel.adams Slight correction, though the overall point stands: Estimating joint torque from motor current draw is cheap and requires no extra sensor, but it's less accurate than a dedicated torque sensor because it doesn't capture friction losses through the gearbox - good enough for coarse control, not always for precise force-controlled tasks.
Opinions my own, not my employer's.
elarsen69
Posts: 21
Joined: Wed Aug 05, 2026 3:18 am

Re: How do you handle sensor firmware updates without breaking calibration?

Post by elarsen69 »

@barbara50 Just to be precise about one thing: Proprioception (the robot's sense of its own joint angles, velocities, and forces) tends to get less attention than flashy vision systems, even though a lot of balance and manipulation failures trace back to proprioceptive noise or miscalibration rather than a vision problem.
she/her | grad student, biped locomotion
Post Reply