Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #04541
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Steven Bolt sbolt@xs4all.nl
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 15:00:50 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Turning a walker
On Sat, 12 Jun 1999, Mark Lerman wrote:
> Just a note re Steven's Spider. If you look in the Edmond Scientific (and
> other) catalogs, you will see what they call a 'soccerbot'. This is a small
> 6 legged, 2 motor robot that works much the way Steven describes. It can
> turn on a dime by reversing one motor, and uses a very clever mechanical
> linkage.
These are based on a very different principle. Only the middle pair
of legs moves up and down as well as for and aft. The outer pairs
just move for/aft, in 180 degree phase with the middle pair. Nice
and stable, but obviously less capable of climbing over an obstacle.
Best,
Steve
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