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32-Legged Robot

ercoerco Posts: 20,256
edited 2018-11-13 20:15 in Robotics
Hopelessly complicated, inefficient and just not all that interesting. Someone's tax dollars at work.

https://hackaday.com/2018/11/11/robot-never-misses-leg-day/

Comments

  • yetiyeti Posts: 818
    erco wrote: »
    Hopelessly complicated, inefficient and just not all that interesting.
    So your intention to show it here was most likely to bore us to death?
    :-P
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    MIA Duane Degn has a 32-servo driver for the quickstart... maybe this challenge will draw him out of retirement!

    https://forums.parallax.com/discussion/137597/quickstart-driving-32-servos-video
  • kwinnkwinn Posts: 8,697
    Looks like it would be good for sneaking up on someone/something.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    It mostly makes me appreciate the simplicity of the wheel. Also quite stealthy.
  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    erco wrote: »
    MIA Duane Degn has a 32-servo driver for the quickstart... maybe this challenge will draw him out of retirement!

    I think he would only need 16. It looks like opposite legs are operated by the same actuator.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    Yeah, it seems like there are a lot more interesting things to do with 32 (!) servos than just oozing along a two-dimensional trajectory.

    -Phil
  • xanaduxanadu Posts: 3,347
    I miss Duane.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    xanadu wrote: »
    I miss Duane.

    Amen Brother Jon! I talked with Duane on the phone a bit after Gordon passed. He's super busy, but was eager to offer Gordon's wife some help with his book. I'll have to follow up.
  • Mark_TMark_T Posts: 1,981
    I think the point is it can wear a rubber skin and become "spherical" as the blurb mentions. Lots of legs
    for better approximation to round, but able to sit on a slope without rolling away uncontrolled.
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