Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Hexapod- Hexaslide

Another guy who has done a lot of work with unconventional parallel kinematics
is Till Franitza:

http://www.isw.uni-stuttgart.de/personen/t_franit/modell/index.html

Till had one machine he called a "roto-hex" that didn't require any lead
screws or ways of any type! It consisted of six motors driving individual
single throw crankshafts. Each crank had a rod hooked to it via a ball joint.
The other end of each rod was hooked to the spindle carrying platform through
another ball joint. Till's desktop machines are all EMC controlled.

I sure wish I could find that picture of the roto-hex, it was the easiest
hexapod type machine to build I've ever seen & I'm sure we could get the
kinematics for it from Till...

Matt

On Saturday 14 June 2003 20:05, Graham Stabler wrote:
> I just found a VERY interesting link while doing a Google image
> search.
>
> http://www.iwf.bepr.ethz.ch/web/de/forschung/wzm/hexa1.shtml#Resultate