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Re: Curved Feet
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 23 Mar 2001 04:16:48 GMT
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/nitpick on/
> Unfortunately, there is a HUGE technology gap between these toys and true
> bipedal articulation. The reason is that intelligent systems must control
> the axes of each joint, but also in tandem with the state of it's partner
> joint on the other leg. The simplest bipedal leg requires at least 4 joints
> (toe, heel, knee, hip), each at least biaxial due to the fact that each
> joint must manage the side to side balance. You would have to gang motors,
Technically, you can't move your knee joint laterally. As for lateral
toe movement - it's so small as to be trivial.
/nitpick off/
Matthias Jetleb
VA3-MWJ
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| Andy, I think the curved foot concept is the wrong direction for a two-legged mechanism. The few simple two-legged mechanisms I have seen rely on two feet, each with a VERY large footprint. Each footprint is large enough to support the weight of the (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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