Abstract
A method for determining and calibrating a 3D representation of a robot cell includes a) obtaining cell data that includes environment data from a mobile sensor, wherein the environment data comprises a set of images of the robot cell from a first viewpoint; b) determining a 3D representation of the robot cell using the cell data; c) calibrating the 3D representation using a known geometry of the industrial robot; d) visualizing the 3D representation at the calibrated location and orientation in the robot cell in simulation software; e) determining the quality of the 3D representation; and f) repeating steps a)-e) when the quality of the 3D representation is smaller than a predetermined threshold.