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Tilt/Tip/Piston Manipulator With Base-Mounted Actuators

Wednesday, November 15 2006

The geometry and kinematics of this manipulator would afford advantages for some applications.

A proposed three degree of freedom (tilt/tip/piston) manipulator, suitable for aligning an optical or mechanical component, would offer several advantages over prior such manipulators:

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