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Re: Best pneumatic hexapod yet!
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lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Mon, 25 Jul 2005 19:15:03 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Kevin L. Clague wrote:
I don't know if any of you saw this fabulous pneumatic hexapod, but my friend
Sigurd van Starkenberg:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=137658

It walks forward, backward and turns right and left.

The thing that makes this superior to prior work is an elbow mid arm, that
lengthens for walking, and shortens for turns!

Great job Sigurd!

Kevin

If theres ever a blueprint of this one I´d like a copy...never tried to build
something like it but might try some day...
How many Pneumatic Cylinders (18+4?) and Switches (52?) were used?

Andréas



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  Re: Best pneumatic hexapod yet!
 
(...) Hi Andreas, Given my email exchanges with Sigurd, I believe that the circuit is a variation of the circuit I designed for my Quad242: (URL) If so, you can find out more about the circuit design here: (URL) It looks like each leg has three (...) (19 years ago, 26-Jul-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)

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  Best pneumatic hexapod yet!
 
I don't know if any of you saw this fabulous pneumatic hexapod, but my friend Sigurd van Starkenberg: (URL) walks forward, backward and turns right and left. The thing that makes this superior to prior work is an elbow mid arm, that lengthens for (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jul-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.robotics) ! 

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