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Re: Legged Robots
Our team (1648) looked at walking robots last year. It seemed a perfect application on the slick regolith surface. We would have used the slick wheels as feet, and even did a very interesting prototype with a VEX kit. The VEX version walked very well on the slick surface and pulled a trailer with no trouble. It walked well, with enough speed, and could turn easily. The video we shot looks like a big insect plodding along.
As said above, we had to throw it all out because of the bumpers. They can't move up and down and have to stay inside the bumper zone. Otherwise, we would have had a really neat walking robot.
Sometimes, it seems, the rule makers want conformity rather than innovation. Either that or it's the Law of Unintended Consequences butting in.
Dr. Bob
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