Abstract: Highlights•A novel path accuracy enhancement strategy and different evaluation methods of an industrial robot FANUC M710ic/50 are proposed for complex surface grinding of aero-engine blade.•A revised Levenberg-Marquardt and Differential Evolution hybrid algorithm is proposed by considering several parameters of path planning to improve robotic absolute positioning accuracy.•The evaluation methods MP-TLD, BP-TPD and the MP-TID with different calculation principles are proposed to conclude that this typical industrial robot with an average path accuracy value of approximately 0.035 mm.
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