Stewart Table

Engineering and Research Building- Room 2014A

For our project, we are designing and building the remote Stewart table. This table has six degrees of freedom X, Y, Z, and roll, pitch and yaw about the X, Y, Z axes. It uses universal joints to allow it to have the freedom of movement and inverse kinematics for the mathematical process to determine the moment. This is a type of platform that has six servos motors that control the range of motion of the platform. There are three main points attached on the top/platform that are connected to the six connecting rods and that are mathematically placed. Each connecting rod will have heim joints on either end of it. The heim joints will allow for the free range of motion and one end will be connected to the servo horns. The servo horns are the pieces that connect the servos to the heim joints. We plan to be able to control the Stewart table with a joystick controller that will allow us to move it in the six directions and will return to the flat position after. We plan on using an Arduino Uno as the microcontroller.