“The Norwegian Motion-Laboratory”
Authors: Sondre Sanden Tørdal, Jan Thomas Olsen and Geir Hovland,Affiliation: University of Agder
Reference: 2018, Vol 39, No 3, pp. 191-208.
Keywords: Motion Compensation, Qualisys, Leica, Bosch-Rexroth, Comau, Robotics, Mechatronics, Lab Setup, Experiments, and Stewart Platforms
Abstract: This paper contains an overview of the equipment currently available in the Norwegian Motion Laboratory, a description of the IT networking infrastructure in the laboratory, a GitHub link to open source code developed, description of the PyQt-based graphical user interface, presentation of robot forward and inverse kinematics, presentation of equations of motion for the suspended load motion and a description of the full system kinematics. The paper ends with a list of research experiments and publications from the laboratory to date.
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DOI: 10.4173/mic.2018.3.5References:
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BibTeX:
@article{MIC-2018-3-5,
title={{The Norwegian Motion-Laboratory}},
author={Tørdal, Sondre Sanden and Olsen, Jan Thomas and Hovland, Geir},
journal={Modeling, Identification and Control},
volume={39},
number={3},
pages={191--208},
year={2018},
doi={10.4173/mic.2018.3.5},
publisher={Norwegian Society of Automatic Control}
};