Thread: Legged Robots
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Unread 12-04-2010, 20:22
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Re: Legged Robots
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Originally Posted by Rick Wagner View Post
Actually, if you know ahead of time that you'll be walking on a flat floor (where wheels work well), you can do a fairly simple mechanical linkage (one motor on each side driving three legs) hexapod that will scoot around and look impressive. It might not win a competition, but it might get a design award!
Or some weird robot with a wheel based drive system but also with legs on the outside. That would be so awesome.
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