Stewart platform
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A Stewart platform is a kind of manipulator using an octahedral assembly of struts. A Stewart platform has six degrees of freedom (x, y, z, pitch, roll, & yaw).
Stewart platforms have applications in machine tool technology, crane technology, underwater research, air-to-sea rescue, flight simulation, satellite dish positioning, aircraft simulators and telescopes.
James S. Albus of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a crane, known as RoboCrane®, which uses the Stewart platform technology.
Geodetic Technology trademark "hexapod" for a Stewart platform in a machine tool context.
The Stewart platform was first reported in a paper by D. Stewart in 1965.
References
D. Stewart, A Platform with Six Degrees of Freedom, UK Institution of Mechanical Engineers Proceedings 1965-66, Vol 180, Pt 1, No 15.
External links
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (http://www.nist.gov/)
- LME Hexapod Machine (http://www.i-way.co.uk/~storrs/lme/LMEHexapodMachine.html)
- The True Origins of Parallel Robots (http://www.parallemic.org/Reviews/Review007.html)
