Machine tools
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorsDragos Aurelian Axinte, Xin Dong, James Kell
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Abstract
A machine tool comprising: a first body; a first leg, a second leg, and a third leg coupled to the first body via first joints and configured to support at least the first body; a second body including a tool holder; a fourth leg, a fifth leg, and a sixth leg coupled to the second body via second joints and configured to support at least the second body; and a first actuator coupled to the first body and to the second body, the first actuator being configured to cause rotational motion between the first body and the second body to enable a change in walking direction of the machine tool and/or to enable a change in machining stiffness and a change in work volume of the machine tool.
Claims16
A machine tool comprising:
- a first body;
- a first leg, a second leg, and a third leg coupled to the first body via first joints and configured to support at least the first body;
- a second body including a tool holder;
- a fourth leg, a fifth leg, and a sixth leg coupled to the second body via second joints and configured to support at least the second body;
- and
- a first actuator coupled to the first body and to the second body, the first actuator being configured to cause rotational motion between the first body and the second body to enable a change in walking direction of the machine tool and/or to enable a change in machining stiffness and a change in work volume of the machine tool;
- wherein the first actuator is configured to cause rotational motion between the first body and the second body while the first leg, the second leg, the third leg, the fourth leg, the fifth leg and the sixth leg contact a surface to change the machining stiffness of the machine tool.
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