Re: Re:Re: What to do with a robot!

Hi Rab

I would think that they would not be affected by the rotary axis issue
but r-p-w or a-b-c were not working the last time I was near the cable
hexapod. Till did build a little hex with a footprint the size of a
piece of paper. It ran from all rotary axis definitions. The advantage
I think, is that motor (joint) and xyz (world) systems are separated by
the kinematics of a Stewart Platform or it's relatives.

Again I don't believe that anyone has tried it but the tool length from
the tbl file should be available. Just how it would act with a 15+
degree tilt to the table is well beyond my kin.

Ray

BTW - I dearly treasure my EMC mousepad. Your graphic invention is
awesome!

>    From: "rainnea" <rainnea@...>
> Subject: Re:Re: What to do with a robot!
>
> Thanks Ray,
>
> That's quite an interesting machine that Till has built, I'll need to
> take a closer look at the EMC sources. I take it that the robot /  
> hexapod kinematic modules will be uneffected by the angular axis
> issues of the standard XYZA module as they must calculate the axes
> moves with full knowledge of the axis inter-relationships. Do you
> know if there is a tool-length input in these module's GUI's ?
>
> Rab