Development of hexapod robot for machining

Abstract

In nowadays, CNC machines are capable of achieve nanoscale precision. Also, many researches are being conducted in order to further improve the accuracy of the machined parts. On the contrary, we focused on a machining platform with a larger work space. In this study, we propose a hexapod machining robot, which can move to the desired location and perform machining. This robot can be viewed as a combination of a machining platform and hexapod robot. Its hardware design and control algorithms will be introduced in this paper.