To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.technicOpen lugnet.technic in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 Technic / 9872
Subject: 
yet another teensy walker
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.technic
Date: 
Sat, 5 Apr 2003 02:14:41 GMT
Viewed: 
1849 times
  
Well, I figured I would join in the fun. So I grabbed a micromotor and set
out to build a tiny walker:

http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~stehlik/files/walker1.jpg

I doubt its the smallest, but maybe its the shortest?  :)

http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~stehlik/files/walker2.jpg

The best feature of this walker is its stability, which allows it to carry
its own battery pack!

http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~stehlik/files/walker3.jpg

That was fun.

Rob


Subject: 
Re: yet another teensy walker
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.technic
Date: 
Sat, 5 Apr 2003 04:56:53 GMT
Viewed: 
1523 times
  
In lugnet.technic, Rob Stehlik writes:
Well, I figured I would join in the fun. So I grabbed a micromotor and set
out to build a tiny walker:

http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~stehlik/files/walker1.jpg

I doubt its the smallest, but maybe its the shortest?  :)

http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~stehlik/files/walker2.jpg

The best feature of this walker is its stability, which allows it to carry
its own battery pack!

http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~stehlik/files/walker3.jpg

That was fun.

These look great.  Wishing I had a micro motor.  Nice to see you got a batery
pack on there.

regards,
     Paul

Rob


Subject: 
Re: yet another teensy walker
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.technic
Date: 
Sat, 5 Apr 2003 16:54:56 GMT
Viewed: 
1152 times
  
"Rob Stehlik" <robbby31@hotmail.com> skrev i meddelandet
news:HCuM8H.11s5@lugnet.com...
Well, I figured I would join in the fun. So I grabbed a micromotor and set
out to build a tiny walker:

http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~stehlik/files/walker1.jpg
http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~stehlik/files/walker2.jpg
http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~stehlik/files/walker3.jpg

That's a good one! It looks very stable, and proves it by carrying a load
greater than itself.

This model could really be used to build something on, in contrast with some
of the other 'baby' walkers we've seen lately.

Happy building,
--
Anders Isaksson, Sweden
BlockCAD:  http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/proglego.htm
Gallery:   http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/gallery/index.htm


Subject: 
Re: yet another teensy walker
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.technic
Date: 
Sat, 5 Apr 2003 18:11:11 GMT
Viewed: 
1159 times
  
"Rob Stehlik" <robbby31@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:HCuM8H.11s5@lugnet.com...
Well, I figured I would join in the fun. So I grabbed a micromotor and set
out to build a tiny walker:

http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~stehlik/files/walker1.jpg

I doubt its the smallest, but maybe its the shortest?  :)

http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~stehlik/files/walker2.jpg

The best feature of this walker is its stability, which allows it to carry
its own battery pack!

http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~stehlik/files/walker3.jpg

That was fun.

Rob

I should have known you would come up with something special. That is the
first time I've seen that conical gear used on the micromotor. Very cool!


--
Bob Fay

http://www.ozbricks.com/bobfay/


Subject: 
Re: yet another teensy walker
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.technic
Date: 
Sat, 5 Apr 2003 18:52:25 GMT
Viewed: 
1378 times
  
this rules.  its totally kewl how you gave it four legs.  i was planning on
doing a four legger today sometime.  one thing though.  i see that he legs
move in parallel.  is there anyway that you can make all four hit the ground
a different moments, so that it moves like more like a horse.  guess i'll
find out myself in about an hour.
carrying its payload... wow you should name this guy hercules or something.

great work

-tk


Subject: 
Re: yet another teensy walker
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.technic
Date: 
Sat, 5 Apr 2003 23:20:41 GMT
Viewed: 
1428 times
  
In lugnet.technic, Travis Kunce writes:
this rules.  its totally kewl how you gave it four legs.
one thing though.  i see that he legs
move in parallel.

Right. Its really only got two legs.

is there anyway that you can make all four hit the ground
a different moments, so that it moves like more like a horse.

I wanted to do that, but it would make the critter much bigger. You need two
gears running in parallel for each leg, so having four legs that move
independantly would double the size. I used this type of mechanism on my
window walker:
http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~stehlik/wwpics.html
Eventually I would like to miniaturize this guy! It will be tough, but I
have some ideas.

carrying its payload... wow you should name this guy hercules or something.

great work

Thanks! Hercules is a good name.
Rob


Subject: 
Re: yet another teensy walker
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.technic
Date: 
Sat, 5 Apr 2003 23:31:01 GMT
Viewed: 
1610 times
  
In lugnet.technic, Rob Stehlik writes:
Well, I figured I would join in the fun. So I grabbed a micromotor and set
out to build a tiny walker:

http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~stehlik/files/walker1.jpg

I doubt its the smallest, but maybe its the shortest?  :)

http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~stehlik/files/walker2.jpg

The best feature of this walker is its stability, which allows it to carry
its own battery pack!

http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~stehlik/files/walker3.jpg

That was fun.

Rob


That's really cool, congrats on a great job. I've actually found a way that
you could make it a little smaller. I'll make an LCAD file and E-mail it to
you. It looks a little interesting, but it should work. :)

-jrl


©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR