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    4 Legged Robot; Steering Help —Jeremy Ehrmann
   I am working on a project to build a 4 legged robot. The legs will be fairly articulate although I have not yet figured out how to turn a 4 legged robot. I have read information suggesting to put a turntable in the body, but without a working model (...) (23 years ago, 20-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: 4 Legged Robot; Steering Help —Kevin L. Clague
     gigamax, The turntable in the body is sure to work. It is a sure fire method. Mind you, I've never made a quadraped. I work on bipeds. What might be a more interesting concept is two turntables on each front foot. If you can power the two front feet (...) (23 years ago, 27-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics)
    
         Re: 4 Legged Robot; Steering Help —Jeremy Ehrmann
     I thought of a system like that with either the ankles or feet moving, unfortunately the robot will be using 2 motors for each leg so adding another means adding another rcx to the robot (it'll be using 3 already). Thanks for the confirmation of the (...) (23 years ago, 28-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: 4 Legged Robot; Steering Help —Brian Sadowski
   (...) Hi.. I just recently finished a 6 legged hexapod. Take a look at (URL) this could help. -Brian (23 years ago, 27-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Turntable —CS Kwok
     As my living country can't buy LEGO parts from LEGO. Which LEGO kit can find the turntable? (23 years ago, 27-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics)
    
         Re: Turntable —Jeremy Ehrmann
      try www.brickbay.com ...they sell everything for lego and some stores ship internationally aswell. "CS Kwok" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:DAV70xT5nwZvIPN...ail.com... (...) find (...) (23 years ago, 28-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics)
    
         Re: Turntable —Philippe Hurbain
      You can find one (black and clear) in Ultimate Builders set (ref 3800) along with many useful parts - including a motor Philo www.philohome.com (...) (23 years ago, 28-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics)
     
          Re: Turntable —Mike Reddy
      Surely we could do this with one RCX and 3 motors using cams and gears? Walking only involves three degrees of freedom: 1) Propulsion - forwards or backwards 2) Direction - left or right 3) Height of leg - for steps, ground clearance, etc. Clearly, (...) (23 years ago, 29-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics)
    
         Re: Turntable —Rahul Tarkunde
     There is one in Blue pneumatic Truck. You also get pneumatics and two air tanks. (...) (23 years ago, 29-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: 4 Legged Robot; Steering Help —Jeremy Ehrmann
   it does, thanks! Nice construction on the robot :) "Brian Sadowski" <twodijits@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Gv8p4M.x8@lugnet.com... (...) fairly (...) robot. (...) anyone (...) (23 years ago, 28-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics)
 

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