delta-constraint
Three bars, and no rotation left
Each of a delta robot's legs ends in a parallelogram, which keeps the bar on the platform parallel to the bar on the arm. That leg therefore permits the platform no turn about either direction perpendicular to its bar: it imposes two couple constraints, drawn here as rings about the directions they act on. Three legs impose 6; together they span only 3, so 3 are redundant. What is reciprocal to them is three couples — three pure translations, and the platform cannot turn at all.
Several legs, one platformwide
Where it is used
- Why the platform stays flat Several legs, one platform
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