The robotized laser doppler vibrometer: On the use of an industrial robot arm to perform 3D full-field velocity measurements

•using a programmable 6-axis industrial robot arm to perform measurements with improved positioning accuracy and automatization.•Achieving full-field velocity measurements with an affordable setup.•implementation of an open-source software dedicated to the proposed setup.•using a virtual twin of the experiment aiming to the design, the simulation and the control of the experiment.•comparison of the measurement data with numerical results.