Contour crafting (CC) is a new technology that is proposed for construction. Formerly we presented a cable-suspended robot to implement CC technology with Cartesian motion. The current paper proposes an improved Contour-Crafting-Cartesian-Cable (C4) robot. Although the new concept is preferable in structural design, here we compare the original and improved C4 robot concepts with regard to kinematics, workspace, and stiffness.

Volume Subject Area:
32nd Annual Mechanisms and Robotics Conference (MR)
Keywords:
Contour crafting, cable-suspended robot, C4 robot, translation-only, workspace, stiffness
Topics:
Cables, Robots, Stiffness
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