2011/4/13 Kent A. Reed <[email protected]> > Andrew: > > [I composed a reply last night. I don't know what I did, but part of > Thunderbird says I did and part does not, and my composition seems lost > in my personal black hole. If a second reply shows up, you're free to > assume I'm not in control.] >
> I tip my hat to you! Your hexapod looks great. > > Thanks! > Aren't inverted Stewart platforms fun? Much fun, of course! Besides, Stewart platform fits for machine tool. Also pentapod is great, but it has pretty complicated end effector. But the next project I'd like to build is fast delta robot. I wish I had more time and money for that. > I was involved in a > construction-automation project at NIST where we were flying structural > I-beams around the high bay in ways no construction crane ever thought > of doing. It ranked very high in coolness rating; unfortunately, very > low in industry take-up. > > Yes, NIST itself is very cool to me. By the way, there are not NIST hexapod photos any more here http://www.mel.nist.gov/photos/hexa.html I was not smart enough to save them to my computer, and can not find on the net any more. Pity. As an aside, when I first looked at your video, I thought you had built > your machine in your living room! If you actually did, please give me > some pointers on how to convince my wife I should be able to build > robots in ours:-) > Oh, it's only low ceilings prevented me from building it at home =)) I guess, I'd rather built it in garage, but it needs plenty of room. So, the machine is built at the university. > > Please keep us posted as you go along. > Of course. Thanks and besr regards, Andrew ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forrester Wave Report - Recovery time is now measured in hours and minutes not days. Key insights are discussed in the 2010 Forrester Wave Report as part of an in-depth evaluation of disaster recovery service providers. Forrester found the best-in-class provider in terms of services and vision. Read this report now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/ibm-webcastpromo _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
