Stewart platform, a machine platform supported by six struts, used in robotics
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Hexapod-Telescope, a telescope mounted on a stewart platform chassis frame
AIRUB, in collaboration with the Astronomy Department of the Catholic University of the North (UCN), is developing an observatory there.
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Together with the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl, AIRUB developed the Bochum Echelle Spectrograph for the Optical (BESO) for the HPT.
Stewart platforms have applications in flight simulators, machine tool technology, crane technology, underwater research, air-to-sea rescue, satellite dish positioning, telescopes and orthopedic surgery.