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Re: Cajun Crawler - Walking Segway

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Originally Posted by billbo911 View Post
I was very curious about how the articulation of the legs was achieved. Now that I've seen the video of the Strandbeest "Animaris Rhinoceros", it is fairly clear. A couple of parallel linkages coupled to a set of reciprocating triangles.

I can only assume that the drive for each "leg" comes from a rotating shaft with cams, or offsets, driving the linkages to the reciprocating triangles.

Fairly close??
Here is a great 3d model that breaks it down:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GgOn66knqA
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