RE: Walking Robot #1 : Collecting Some Ideas

genebren — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 16:07:30 GMT

I recently worked on a bi-ped walking robot (Walky the Biped Robot - WalkyII the final chapter. ) for the project14 mover and shakers competition. In it's early form, the gait was actual a little more stable (guessing that I magically got the weight and center of balance a bit better), but in the course of the re-design I had nothing but troubles with stability (constantly tipping over). I attempted to compensate with much larger feet, but in the end it was never quite right. I also was never able to get it to steer as well as I would have liked (maybe not enough weight to allow the feet to grip and pivot).

I really like the penguin model and have thought about reworking the bottom half of Walky to incorporate a similar walking concept (I did decide to add two additional servo channels to the design of the controller to allow for 4 servos). It will be interesting to see what approaches you try in your efforts.

Gene

RE: Walking Robot #1 : Collecting Some Ideas

danielw — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:46:25 GMT

After you mentioning Tobbie last week, I saw it and had to click. It seems so simple a method of control I'm looking forward to seeing what the leg mechanisms look like.

I also like the old sounds it makes. Reminds me of computer games in the 80's

Dan.