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(...) Dunno but this non-LEGO robot (with knees) has been taught to run (URL) wish there was a video available on the net somewhere - I saw it on TV yesterday, and though it's difficult to tell it's running, it does seem rather more "human-like" (...) (22 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hi Mark, I have never seen a walker like this. I'd be the last person to say it can't be done. Kevin (...) (22 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yes, there was a lot of work on this at the MIT robotics lab back in the 70s/80s, with bipedal, quadrupedal, and even unipedal hoppers. To get it to work, you need good orientation and/or acceleration sensors (I believe that the MIT folks used (...) (22 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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Yes, I did a prototype using pneumatics as muscles. It worked semi-well - the thing walked somewhat, although in a very stiff gate. The main problem came from using pneumatics. I couldn't keep the pressure high enough to swing the legs back out (...) (22 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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Thought this would be of interest to the group - if you haven't seen it already! (URL) here's the link to the Slashdot discussion: (URL) (22 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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Consider the way we walk... we start by effectively starting to lean slightly forward, and we swing a leg some distance in front of ourselves to stop from falling. We then start to bring the other leg forward as we reupright ourselves and repeat the (...) (22 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Oh, believe me, there will be copious amounts of spirits this holiday season...whoo-hoo!! (22 years ago, 17-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Jean-Marc, Besides doing a google using something like 'books Lego Mindstorms' to find Mindstorm specific books I can suggest, Programming the Parallel Port 0-87930-512-4 Programming Robot Controllers 0-07-140851-7 Mobile Robots 1-56881-011-3 (...) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Jean-Marc, Brian Bagnall's "Core Lego Mindstorms Programming" would be an excellent place for you to start. Learning how to program is always more fun when you have a specific goal in mind, and this book gets you running without drowning you in (...) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Jean-Marc, (...) ... (...) (URL) Be the holiday spirits with you, Happy Holidays y Felis Navidad! -- -- Open Forge, LLC 24/365 Onsite Support for PCs, Networks, & Game Consoles 512-695-4126 (Austin, Tx.) help@open-forge.com irc.open-forge.com (...) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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