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Re: 2legged pneumatic walker
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lugnet.technic, lugnet.build
Date: 
Tue, 14 Mar 2000 15:13:55 GMT
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"Miles Gentry" <gentrym@gte.net> writes:

In lugnet.technic, Tom Newsom writes:
I already posted about my 1/2 volume supercar II, and have been suggested to
make a seperate post about my work in progress walker. It runs on pneumatic
logic and (nearly) weight shifts. I'm working on it..........

Goto http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ab8ten and scroll to bottom to see it. (of course
you could look at my car too!)

I missed the notice of these the first time, but have had a look now.
Fantastic! This man has a career in mechanical engineering. Makes me
want to assemble my 8448 to see how the original's roof works.

--
Don't design inefficiency in - it'll happen in the implementation.

Chris Gray     cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
               http://www.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA/cg/



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  Re: 2legged pneumatic walker
 
(...) Mighty fine walking machine. Nice work, Tom. Cleverly built non-robotic machines like your walker impress me now even more than pre-Mindstorms. It employees mechanical logic rather than an electronic program. Elegant and challenging. Looks (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)

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