> On 23. Mar 2018, at 18:03, Chris Albertson <albertson.ch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Anyone know of an example where MK or LCNC was used to control a 6 or 7
> axis serial link machine?    I'd like to know how it was done.  "Serial
> Link" is a fancy name for something like a robot arm where the first axis
> carries the second which carries the 3rd and so on.
> 
> I have some primitive software that moves all the axis but it does not
> implement most of the features you'd like to have like acceleration control
> or any kind of motion planing.  Trying to see if using MK would be easier
> or harder than writing this myself.

it can be done. however, the problem is described here: 
https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/issues/97
It will also be a lot harder to do in MK, as they dont have joint-axis branch 
merged.
for that reason I recommend to use master.
Here is a robot I converted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXLcAZwjlzE


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