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Re: Walkers
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 9 Feb 2001 21:30:05 GMT
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Harley Myler <h.myler@myler.orgNOMORESPAM>
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> Hi all.
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> Has anyone here managed to build a "real" 2-leg walker. What I mean by
> "real" is one that doesn't rely on a dragging tail, or sittnig on it's ass
> to walk, but actually transfers it's weight to one foot and takes a step
> with the other, then vice-versa.
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> If so, any links.
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> Thanks
> Gordon
What you really want to ask here is "Has anyone built a 2-legged walker with balance?". I would say it is unlikely that one has been built, but certainly not impossible. For a balancing mechanism you need position sensing, which could be done with a rotary (distance) counter and a pendulum.
--
Harley R. Myler
http://macmyler.engr.ucf.edu
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| (...) I tried that in my attempts to build a two wheeled robot (as in a bicycle)...but the problem with rotation sensors (as has been discussed *extensively* before) is that it drops or gains counts sometimes when it's being rotated slowly. That (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Hi all. Has anyone here managed to build a "real" 2-leg walker. What I mean by "real" is one that doesn't rely on a dragging tail, or sittnig on it's ass to walk, but actually transfers it's weight to one foot and takes a step with the other, then (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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