Cajun Crawler - Walking Segway

[artdutra04]

From a mechanical standpoint, that's awesome.

But from a real life standpoint, that looks like something the evil villains in a superhero movie would use to get around in.

[gorrilla]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

From a mechanical standpoint, that's awesome.

But from a real life standpoint, that looks like something the evil villains in a superhero movie would use to get around in.

reminds me of that guy with the wheelchair from wild-wild-west.....

or Humma Kavula......

[ATannahill]

Someone put up a Dave lavery No Entry sign on this thread, please.

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by rtfgnow

Someone put up a Dave lavery No Entry sign on this thread, please.

too late.


By the way, if you are not familiar with the leg designs being used on this device, it is a direct derivation of Theo Jansen's Strandbeest, and the rather unique linkage designs he developed.

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[billbo911]

Originally Posted by dlavery

too late.


By the way, if you are not familiar with the leg designs being used on this device, it is a direct derivation of Theo Jansen's Strandbeest, and the rather unique linkage designs he developed.

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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??

[Tim Arnold]

Originally Posted by billbo911

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

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

But from a real life standpoint, that looks like something the evil villains in a superhero movie would use to get around in.

Reading the phrases "real life" and "evil villains in a superhero movie" in the same sentence makes me giggle.