Robocrane
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The Robocrane® is a kind of manipulator resembling a Stewart platform but using an octahedral assembly of cables instead of struts. Like the Stewart platform, the Robocrane has six degrees of freedom (x, y, z, pitch, roll, & yaw).
It was developed by James S. Albus of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Given its unusual ability to "fly" tools around a work site, it has many possible applications, including stone carving, ship building and welding.
