Hexasphere—Redundantly Actuated Parallel Spherical Mechanism as a New Concept of Agile Telescope

The paper deals with the description of a new concept for a spherical mechanism for agile telescopes. It is based on redundantly actuated parallel kinematical structure. Due to the three times overactuated structure and application of several further innovative concepts, the Hexasphere achieves the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Michael Valasek, Josef Zicha, Martin Karasek, Rene Hudec
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Advances in Astronomy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/348286