Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Hexapod- Hexaslide

Hi Charles

To add further to Matt's comments.. Another form of a parallel machine is the
SCARA arm http://www.intelligentactuator.com/products/scara/default.asp and
http://www.bridgeport.edu/~dtoundyk/Robotics/SCARACalc.html

Whilst generating tool paths for simple 2D and 3D shapes is easily
acomplished with a wide range of low cost CAD CAM packages, the task of
converting them to real world movements is far from trivial.
To the best of my knowledge, the only low cost (free) software that will
support parallel kinematics machines is EMC. Even then, some degree of
tweeking of the code may be required - Strut lengths are hard coded for the
most part.

Regards, Paul.

On Sunday 15 June 2003 5:52 am, Charles Knight wrote:
> Well, about a week ago I asked about hexapod style machines, and got a
> few answers.  THIS RECENT INFORMATION, however, is incredible.
>
> I love Till's design...fixed length struts and vertically mounted lead
> screws -- talk about simple.  I wonder if there's a way to simplify it
> even further -- by eliminating some of the degrees of freedom (home
> hobbyist design could be 3 "axis") perhaps?

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