Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Open (i think) design for a parallel robot (reprap ma

Carl Mikkelsen wrote:

>Jon,
>
>The large-scale calibration is fairly well covered by the simulated
>annealing method of estimating the systematic error parameters. This
>discussion grew out of concerns about quantization, and (I speculate)
>that quantization will cause a surface roughness on nearly any
>surface machined with a hexapod.
>
>The quantization-roughness may be far less than the roughness that
>comes from servo control system errors, vibration, chatter, or other effects.
>
>Have you been looking at EMC for hexapod controls? Do you know if it
>can generate the transformed actuator commands, independent of the
>real-time actuator controls?
>

I'm not an expert in this area, but the general flow is :

G code interpreter
trajectory planner
kinematics
servo control

Since EMC can jog a hexapod in cartesian coordinates once the struts are
homed,
I think that basically proves it can already do it.

Jon