Hi David, Maybe it's just safety in numbers! I distinctly remember the Star Trek episode portraying the insect people as cold and calculating! ;>) ... ...
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Robin
get_imaginary
May 17, 2009 1:48 am
For me, being insect feels rigid and constrained: up-down, side-to-side, maybe very fast, but w/o the fluidity of a mammal. Well, except caterpillars. I don't...
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Robin
get_imaginary
May 17, 2009 1:53 am
Wow...so nice!!! - Robin...
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Robin
get_imaginary
May 17, 2009 2:14 am
So Alan, I'm not at all sure about this, but I think a cat would be just very hard. They're so flexible. Look at the spine, how curved. And they use that. ...
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Alan Marconett
km6vv
May 17, 2009 2:50 am
We probably can't really guess what an insect experiences. I know, what about a cat? or Dog?? I try to stay off of the floor. Being stooped over bothers my...
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David Buckley
robots42
May 17, 2009 2:55 am
The leg is acetal and aluminium with steel shafts. The muscle controller was that used for the Shadow Dextrous Hand. No IK. We have no information on how A&T...
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Alan Marconett
km6vv
May 17, 2009 2:56 am
Hi Robin, ... Yes, I agree, we can't even begin to do a full model of a cat. But a model that was at least a little ways towards a cat would be interesting! ...
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Robin
get_imaginary
May 17, 2009 2:59 am
... Well, they don't seem to use their backs as much... - Robin...
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Alan Marconett
km6vv
May 17, 2009 3:09 am
Hi David, Very nice indeed! Is this your design? Doesn't look like the work on your website! After watching the movies and replying, I went back to the first...
That's some interesting reading. Thanks! Alan KM6VV...
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David Buckley
robots42
May 17, 2009 12:46 pm
Hi Alan Yes that and everything I make is my design. I wanted the whole look to be medical/experimental and everything to be easily accessible for muscle...
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Robin
get_imaginary
May 17, 2009 6:03 pm
David, I think I saw in one of your SRS posts that you're planning a walker project. Is that right? Would you leverage some of your work and insights from...
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David Buckley
robots42
May 17, 2009 7:56 pm
Robin I am always planning a walker project(s)! Everything helps. If you saw my post on stabilising head movement by aligning the ankle rollaxis through the...
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km6vv
May 17, 2009 8:19 pm
Hi David, Very impressive! This is the type of robotics that I really enjoy. Your legs would go well with the arms of our da Vinci Surgical robot! But you did...
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Robin
get_imaginary
May 17, 2009 10:29 pm
! Right. I could have put that *way* better :) While you and Peter were debating whether walking was a matter of static balance, it sounded to me like you had...
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David Buckley
robots42
May 17, 2009 10:32 pm
Oh I have drawings, but the drawings were done along with the prototype parts and were not like most people could cope with. I am an excellent draughtsman both...
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David Buckley
robots42
May 17, 2009 11:21 pm
Robin This is it 10 May 2009 Hi Dan .... While we are on all this perhaps you my know of any work done on the following. In humans the roll axis of the ankle...
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Robin
get_imaginary
May 18, 2009 12:15 am
... David, thanks! I'm going to jumble the order... ... Can't believe I missed it...this is really interesting! I wonder if that has implications for...
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David Buckley
robots42
May 18, 2009 12:15 am
Robin You asked earlier about a project. See Photos,DavidBuckley-robots42,Strider1 This isn't a cutting edge walker design just a scale up of an Ambler so it...
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David Buckley
robots42
May 18, 2009 1:53 am
Robin You know I have been kicking around the attractor idea for over 15 years, I've talked at length to Rich Walker at Shadow about it and how I thought it...
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km6vv
May 18, 2009 2:16 am
I figured you had drawings that satisfied your needs. There's too much detail not to have some sort of drawing. Yes, I've been looking at some of the solid...
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David Buckley
robots42
May 18, 2009 3:12 am
Robin, Alan I don't know how you feel about this but since this topic has nothing to do with IK or hexapods really, I think it would be better talked about in...
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Robin
get_imaginary
May 18, 2009 4:33 am
... Thanks for posting it! Maybe I need to learn how to think in terms of linkages. Not sure if I can do that... ... Good use of a GA :) - Robin...
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Alan Marconett
km6vv
May 18, 2009 4:51 am
Hi David, I was just going to ask you about the attractors! Randy's list would be fine. Alan KM6VV...
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Robin
get_imaginary
May 18, 2009 5:13 am
... Then maybe I don't understand! Seems just a step or two away from what's descriped on page 2 of this ...
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Robin
get_imaginary
May 18, 2009 5:17 am
... Ummm. err. We can try. I may drop out.... If you find I've done that it's not from lack of interest and nothing personal...! - Robin...
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Robin
get_imaginary
May 18, 2009 5:37 am
Oh. This one looked relevant too: http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=21160463 Again, it's about navigating *to* attractors, not about skirting them,...
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David Buckley
robots42
May 18, 2009 10:35 am
Robin Thank you for the paper link. Back then it wasn't as easy to search for papers and in the intervening time I haven't bothered as this is the way I want...
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Robin
get_imaginary
May 18, 2009 3:06 pm
... It sounds like it could be very unique, though! I just meant that I may be mis-understanding! Did you want to move the discussion to Randy's list? I'll...
