Application Examples of Wire Robots

Wire Robots have become both a wide research field as well as a promising subject to application projects. The Chair of Mechatronics at the University Duisburg-Essen has been successful in the setup of prototypes in several application fields. Within this paper, two projects taking advantage from the special properties of wire robots are presented: The first project aims at the development of a wind tunnel suspension system. The second project focuses on the realization of a revolutionary storage and retrieval machine for high racks. Using the mechatronic approach of simulation-based development, major aspects of modeling, simulation, design, trajectory planning and practical realization are discussed.

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