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Subject: 
Re: Best pneumatic hexapod yet!
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Thu, 28 Jul 2005 22:07:22 GMT
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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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  Re: Best pneumatic hexapod yet!
 
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 (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)

Message is in Reply To:
  Re: Best pneumatic hexapod yet!
 
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... (...) friend (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)

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