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Re: I was thinking about bipedal walkers this morning and....
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lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 19 Dec 2003 14:28:22 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.
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> 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?
I have almost nothing to contribute to discussions re: robotics, but I spotted
this marginally relevant story on cnn.com:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/12/18/sony.robot.ap/index.html
YMMV, of course.
Dave!
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