CARTESIAN POSITIONING SYSTEM

摘要

A positioning system, a robot that employs the positioning system and a method of assembling the robot. The positioning system typically includes a stator and a linear variable reluctance motor that moves along the stator, wherein the stator, besides having an electromagnetic purpose, also acts as the sole structural beam element for the motor to rest upon. The robot employs the positioning system such that subsystems can be attached directly to the motor.