Three Legged Robot

[Sienna]

Mostly placeholder post, while I work on things.

First attempt at walking, before I was able to get it kicking off with a leg:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQGVXQcmnXQ
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After much tweaking in SEQ, I was finally able to figure out where the robot needed to be to have a controlled kick and fall. At this point then the robot could actually walk:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FABBKPoNO4
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The (hopefully) last FK sequence I do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncJMmSF5ydM
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Plenty of time to work on the bot before the contest ends!! Of course, if the real world lets me... :tongue:

[sthmck]

Looking pretty good. keep up the good work.

[Adrenalynn]

I love the rotation for balance and traction of the rear leg. What a great concept!

[trey3670]

reminds me of this for some reason

http://www.oddworld.com/firsttenyears/universe/wildlife/characters/ow_paramite.html

[Dave]

Tripedal locomotion doesn't get nearly enough attention, even though it seems to have a lot of potential. It's much more efficient than bipedal walking, because you devote less energy to balancing; and more efficient than 4 or more legs because you have fewer actuators to power, and also less computing overhead for gait calculations. I love the tripod that was developed at Virginia Tech recently:

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[m1gu3]

Wow that looks pretty impressive best of luck.