Stewart platform on tower crane

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The discussion focuses on the advantages and disadvantages of implementing a Stewart platform system, specifically James Albus's invention, on a tower crane. The proposed system utilizes robotic winches to control the lengths of six cables, enhancing load control and potentially reducing sway. While fixed cable lengths of 77 and 23 may mitigate longitudinal sway, lateral sway remains a concern. The conversation emphasizes the need for further exploration of the system's impact on load positioning accuracy.

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Looking for a bit of help on finding some advantages and disadvantages of using this proposed stewart platform (cable) system (James Albus invention) on a tower crane. How would it improve load control? Would it genuinely stop the load from swaying? Would it allow for more accurate positioning of the load. The current idea is to use robotic winches to extend the lengths of the 6 cables to control the position of the load platform.

Just looking for some general opinions on this.

Here is the configuration:

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It looks to me that longitudinal sway is possibly restrained by cable extensions if the length is fixed at 77 and 23, but that lateral sway (perp to the plane of the fig) is still possible about the longitudinal axis passing through 77 and 23.
 

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