Hexapod

The Hexapod machine design is best thought of as an upside down aircraft simulator platform, it offers a number advantages over conventional linear CNC machinery but it more complex to write the control software for.


Simple animation of hexapod movement made by Inverse Kinematics in 3DS MAX.
It is possible to calculate strut lenghts and add the appropriate output to the CNC Toolkit

 
View from above

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Hexapod / Parallel Kinematics Links:

www.sme.org

www.mech.nwu.edu/MFG/AML/SPAEA

www.ryerson.ca/~fengxi/parallel.html

www.parallemic.org

http://biotsavart.tripod.com/hexapod.htm

www.me.iitb.ac.in/~viveks/robotics/hex.html

http://ppsc.pme.nthu.edu.tw/~tclee/mirror/NistProject/hexproj.htm

www.i-way.co.uk/~storrs/lme/LMEHexapodMachine.html

translation of www.isw.uni-stuttgart.de/projekte/dynamil/webseite/stabinfo.html

www.pp.bme.hu/me/1999_2/pdf/me1999_2_08.pdf

www.mel.nist.gov/photos/hexa.html

www.engin.umich.edu/class/mfg501/newpage71.htm

www.polytecpi.com/hexapod.htm

www.ifw.uni-hannover.de/robotool/pages/listeenglisch.htm

www.mech.nwu.edu/MFG/AML/SPAEA/Schematic.html

www.foxkid.net/cmm/platform/project-notebook.html