Cajun Crawler - Walking Segway

[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