Schematic of tall-post gantry

sketched by Marc Levoy
July 11, 1996 version
(not drawn to scale)

Degrees of freedom

  1. 360-degree roller bearing supporting a vertical post
  2. 360-degree axis with interchangeable arms for cameras and opposing backdrops
  3. 360-degree axis with longer interchangeable arms for lights
  4. 360-degree axis supporting interchangeable platforms for samples and objects
  5. 3-6 inches of X translation to adjust object center
  6. 3-6 inches of Y translation to adjust object center (see note below on longer sweeps)
  7. 6-12 inches of Z translation to adjust object center

Other features


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Last update: Monday, 26-Apr-2004 18:24:35 PDT