Description
Our project objective is to create a Stewart platform robot. Such platforms have 6 degrees of freedom and can be modified for precision, speed, and strength.  Common/famous applications of the Stewart platform include flight simulators, precision alignment of optics, and the NASA docking system currently used in space.

Vision

We hope to create a Stewart platform that has modular capabilities. This would allow the user to easily modify and adapt the platform for their own use. The types of modularity we envision include changing the orientation and number of legs supporting the platform which would give the user different degrees of motion. Changing the lengths of the actuators as well as the lengths of the fixed rods will also be available, these changes would affect the range of motions allowed. All of these calculations would ideally be calculated automatically to give the user a seamless experience.