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Re: LEGO Hexapod Walker
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Mon, 7 Dec 1998 13:38:55 GMT
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stephen p spackman <[stephen@]StopSpam[acm.org]>
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Gavin Smyth wrote:

The two motors aren't synchronised, and when they get out of phase, the
robot rocks back and forth until bits fall off. I guess I could use
angle/rotation
sensors to work out where one side is relative to the other, but that's a
job for
another day/month/year...

Actually you could use the differential technique discussed before to
measure their phase directly, if you're short of sensors (as one is...).

stephen



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  Re: LEGO Hexapod Walker
 
Take a peek at (the rather crummy, I'm afraid) pictures at (URL) an insect thingy that works a bit like that. It's a bit bulky since it uses universal joints to make the leg rods "bend." Linc Smith wrote in message ... (...) However, I'd dispute the (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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