Chapter 18 — Parallel Mechanisms

6-DOF cable-suspended robot

This video demonstrates a 6-DOF cable-suspended robot acting in a large workspace to scan artefacts. References: 1. C. Gosselin, S. Bouchard: A gravity-powered mechanism for extending the workspace of a cable-driven parallel mechanism: Application to the appearance modeling of objects, Int. J. Autom. Technol. 4(4), 372-379 (2010); 2. J.D. Deschênes, P. Lambert, S. Perreault, N. Martel-Brisson, N. Zoso, A. Zaccarin, P. Hébert, S. Bouchard, C. Gosselin: A cable-driven parallel mechanism for capturing object appearance from multiple viewpoints, Proc. 6th Int. Conf. 3-D Digital Imaging and Modeling, Montréal (2007)
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Courtesy of Clément Gosselin, Université Laval, Canada