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Re: SSClagorpion
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lugnet.technic
Date: 
Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:21:22 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Steve Hassenplug wrote:
> In lugnet.technic, Kevin L. Clague wrote:
> > In lugnet.technic, Steve Hassenplug wrote:
> > > Ok, so what's required for walking sideways?
> > > I just happened to think, the legs should be in a known position when switching
> > > from forward/back to side-to-side.
> > > 
> > > Do the legs need to be in a know position when switching from forward to
> > > backward?  Or walking to turning?  If so, we need sensors for that...
> > 
> > Yes.  Changing the forward/backward/turning muxes needs to be done when the feet
> > are in the air.  Observing any one foot is probably sufficient.
> > 
> > The above costs us four motors, and one sensor.
> 
> Ok, we [plan to] have a sensor on the front foot, and can detect when that is
> down.  So, no more sensors are required.
> 
> So you said, the forward/backward must be changed while the feet are in the air.
> We've been thinking of having a touch sensor on the front feet, so it can detect
> when it goes off an edge (like a table).  However, it would not know the surface
> is not there, until it trys to put the foot down.  So, all the feet would be
> down, and it needs to backup.  Can it do that?  Or will it need to keep walking
> a bit?

Hey that is interesting. How would the robot actually behave in this
circumstance? We'll have to build it and teach it and build as necc.

e

> 
> Steve



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  Re: SSClagorpion
 
(...) Ok, we [plan to] have a sensor on the front foot, and can detect when that is down. So, no more sensors are required. So you said, the forward/backward must be changed while the feet are in the air. We've been thinking of having a touch sensor (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic)

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