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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 remember
2 years ago i posted some photos of new lego fan (my daughter)
so it's absolutely impossible to play with lego before 22:00
pixel
"Kevin L. Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:IKCysA.1oI9@lugnet.com...
> 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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| I am currently working on a eight legged walker that may end up being ssclagorpion, but who knows. It is using a new central timing circuit that should allow it to complete the walking sequence in four piston transitions. I had been in a DA for (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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