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Hi Pixel,
The walker was built to someday be able to talk in any direction, not just
forwards/backwards. Sigurd, didn't have enough pneumatic hardware to make this
version omni-directional. This left the two side legs elbows disconnected.
I have seen the video and it walks veru agresssively.
Kevin
In lugnet.technic, Paul Kleniewski wrote:
> hi
>
> it's heavy :)
>
> why two legs haven't last segment cylinders connected to the circuit?
>
> pixel
>
>
> "Kevin L. Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:IK55Eu.CpK@lugnet.com...
> > 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
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| thanx kevin for the explanation walker's masterpiece btw: how about scorpion is this project still alive (sorry i'm in my dark ages so i'm not following all topics carefully enough) in fact i'm a little bit forced to be in DA some of you maybe (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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