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I'm sure many of you are familiar with Theo Jansen's walkers. If you aren't, watch his TED talk.

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Apparently, there is a kit for a plastic replica, and someone on the internet hooked one up to hamster wheel. It's very neat.

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Imagine a huge version of that with a person in it...
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Hypothetically, of course...
Are walkers of this fashion FRC legal?
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Hypothetically, of course...
Are walkers of this fashion FRC legal?
Sure! It would be a very interesting technical challenge, but I doubt it would result in a very capable robot. There are a lot of linkages in those legs. The originals are made of bamboo, so they can't require a great deal of precision, but I think they would end up being rather massive if constructed to take the stress of an FRC match.

I imagine you'd end up with a design award though, and the envy of all the engineers and mechanism dorks at the event.
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