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Re: Another Theo Jansen style LEGO Walker
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Fri, 4 Jan 2008 10:09:24 GMT
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Hi Steve,

very interesting design and a great video, too.

Maybe I am missing part of the whole point here, but with the crankshaft allowing for single-motor drive, how would this beast move anywhere else but straight ahead?

Just asking because I am always looking for interesting new “all terrain” drives for mindstorms applications - and quite frankly this approach IS interesting ;)

Regards,

Jerry



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  Re: Another Theo Jansen style LEGO Walker
 
(...) Good point. I've only seen the Jansen "strandbeest" walkers go in a straight line. (Seems dangerous for a beach cerature to have no way to avoid walking into the water ;-) In my design, the connection between the left and right halves of the (...) (16 years ago, 4-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)

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  Another Theo Jansen style LEGO Walker
 
Hi, I just ran across Chis Mango's thread about Theo Jansen style walkers (Oct. 2007) and Thomas Johnson's (Feb. 2006). One of the videos Chris referenced was a design I did in June 2007. I took a different approach from Chris and Philippe and used (...) (16 years ago, 4-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX) ! 

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