Re: Best pneumatic hexapod yet!

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" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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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 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" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >> 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