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Re: I was thinking about bipedal walkers this morning and....
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lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Thu, 18 Dec 2003 21:26:35 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Mark Tarrabain wrote:
> 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 process, each time stopping
> ourselves from falling with a leg that we bring forward.   If we
> alternate legs, it is called walking and if we use the same leg each
> time, it is called limping.
> 
> Has anyone ever tried to build or design a bipedal walker that imitates
> this form of motion?  I'm thinking that it probably wouldn't even be
> possible to do without flexible knees.  Is this level of sophistication
> even implementable in LEGO to the point that it's genuinely useful and
> not just a proof-of-concept?

Hi Mark,

  I have never seen a walker like this.  I'd be the last person to say it can't
be done.

Kevin
> 
> > > Mark



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  I was thinking about bipedal walkers this morning and....
 
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 (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)

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