Re: Best pneumatic hexapod yet!

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 quite a while, but got myself restarted using LPub and
LSynth.

I've been building in prep for BF for many weeks.

Kevin


In lugnet.technic, Paul Kleniewski wrote:
>
> 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
> news:[email protected]...
>> 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