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Re: New Mecha: The Cub
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Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:49:13 GMT
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> > The angled feet work well. I'd like to see you make a foot that bends in the
> > middle, in addition to being angled, for that "standing on the balls of your
> > feet, about to run" look.
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> Hmmm, that's a tough one. Something to shoot for.
> Wait,... do you mean different from bending at the heal and toe?
Well, essentially I'd like to see a foot that allows for more extreme poses
while remaining stable. The monolithic flat footed style can only go so far. The
alternative is a foot that has articulation to mimic what toes do, not the
useless "this little piggy" part of the toes, but the part that's more embedded
in the foot - the part you really stand on, when you stand on your toes. This is
the next frontier for large mecha feet.
I was thinking of making a foot that could split near the middle providing a
small forward contact pad while the rear lifted off the ground. This would
support extreme leg angles better than just bending at the ankle, and look cool.
K
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| (...) Hello Brian, if I got you right you're talking about something like this? (2 URLs) This one is using a single rotational click hinge. It was torne apart by the weight of the mecha I'm working on. (2 URLs) So the second uses double ball joints. (...) (19 years ago, 30-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | Re: New Mecha: The Cub
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| (...) I made a foot with toes that have give to allow it to stand on the balls of its feet. Though it's all gussied up with Bionicle stuff the concept still works. The tubes provide a kind of spring/tendon type support. (URL) (19 years ago, 30-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | Re: New Mecha: The Cub
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| (...) -snip- (...) Ahh, like more of a toe, ball of your foot combo. I agree, more articulation in the feet is the future. Infact, I always wanted to build somthing that can haunch down like a Gargoyle peering over a ledge. e (19 years ago, 30-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: New Mecha: The Cub
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| (...) Hi K, yes sculptural, but the mobility is still intact. I mean, I can filp and rotate the shoulder so the arm can stay elevated. The Cub can do stuff like that. Although I wouldn't say it is as strong as the trusty worm gear set up. (...) I, (...) (19 years ago, 29-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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