Adept Technology Inc.’s Quattro s650 robot for solar-cell handling and inspections aims to increase manufacturing yields and overall factory throughput as the solar-cell industry shifts to thinner and ...

Hexapod multi-axis motion and positioning platforms have been around for several decades. Initially used for exotic applications, these six-legged parallel-kinematic machines are now becoming popular ...

Science Progress (1933-), Vol. 103, No. 1 (2020), pp. 1-21 (21 pages) Parallel kinematic machines have been applied in aerospace and automotive manufacturing due to their potentials in high speed and ...

Considering the real-time control of a high-speed parallel robot, a concise and precise dynamics model is essential for the design of the dynamics controller. However, the complete rigid-body dynamics ...

Parallel manipulators and robots constitute an advanced class of robotic systems where the end-effector is supported by several simultaneous kinematic chains. This architecture affords notable ...

PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. -- a leading manufacturer of precision sensors and motion-control equipment for optics / photonics, nano / biotechnology, semiconductor and life science applications -- ...

This video shows the operation of PI’s Hexapod systems. These systems are designed around six high-resolution actuators, which act on a common platform. Their parallel kinematics design means they ...

PLEASANTON, Calif., Dec. 1, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Adept Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADEP), the leading provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics and global robotics services, introduced a new ...

Newport Corporation introduces the advanced HXP50 hexapod, a parallel kinematic motion device that provides 6-axis axis of motion: X, Y, Z, pitch, roll, and yaw. Newport Corporation introduces the ...

Machining, composite and integrated manufacturing specialists at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre have joined forces to build what is believed to be the world’s first ...

Non-Cartesian actuators are improving applications where they weren't even feasible before. Full definition of their dynamics and kinematics helps designers extract maximum performance from these ...