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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 (...) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)

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