Randy said ... It's a tutorial on how easy it can be to write a 4-servo controller. The point is that processor time costs next to nothing. Processor time is ...
From: "dan michaels" <oric_dan@...> ... No. No. No. And again No. That doesn't work. It's the right answer for he hexapod tripod gait but a hexapod has...
Could you convert it over to paypal? ... to verify the request and explain the situation. If it is a real request, they will explain. If it is a scam, they...
... If you really get a fast processor, or, hardware support ... smooth. I'd done that for stepper motors, not for servos (of any sort) yet. Just getting the...
... is. ... overall behaviors "emerge" out of interaction between very loosely- coupled low-level behaviors. ... coordinated better, because the gaits are more...
Polling, interrupt driven, event driven, event vectored, & state machines are all tools for the engineer's tool bag along with many other tools such as...
... inertia of the CoG such that the frame is "falling-forward" onto the new foot or support tripod. ... My comment here was referring to the diagonal walk,...
... Actually, Peter's comment here related to our mutual disagreement about which greep gait sequences are stable. I don't buy his explanation, for reasons...
... dynamics? It is not always statically stable? ... As I've already said several times, I think creep gait 6 is always statically stable, but the forward...
PeterBalch replied: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 5:55 AM ... Granted. However, when it comes to spending a few more minutes programming to avoid buying 3x (or...
PeterBalch said: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 5:55 AM ... forward. ... sure. I think it is all timing. I think we do both as bipeds (and maybe one or two more...
... Not a big issue, if you're talking about a dedicated servo chip, as opposed to one chip doing everything [like you use]. On my PIC servo controller, I use...
dan michaels said: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 1:16 PM ... My impression as well. The interrupt latency he worries about is almost trivial, and could be handled...
... Scan loop, that's a good name for it. ... I like the addition of a monitor program. I run some commands through a debug port, it wouldn't take much to add...
... So this is the first time I've taken a look at this page, because I wanted to figure out what this whole "Gait 6" thing is. While interesting, I think it...
Alan KM6VV said: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 1:46 PM ... Yes, you will typically have the foregroun with plenty of room, depending on your application, so making...
I can see how quadrupeds can be described as having a "pair" of legs act as a single leg of a biped, and hexapods as having three legs (tripod) act as a single...
... Calling them states is fine. I just couldn't see them as delays! ... But you'll have to insure the variables don't get reset! It would be nice to just...
... legs act as a single leg of a biped, and hexapods as having three legs (tripod) act as a single leg of a biped. Even octapods are said to mimic bipeds by...
... improves it. As I've suggested before, look again at the cat and its beautiful tripod, and which is doing Gait 6 [because that particular position only...
... I like that observation! Although I see it the other way around, 4 crab work like 3 cockroach, which work like 2 dog, or 1 human. ... I see that. But can...
... led ... Raibert found a similar result relating quadruped gaits to a virtual biped gait [Raib84]. ... crab work like 3 cockroach, which work like 2 dog, or...
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Robert F. Scheer said: Monday, December 31, 2007 4:45 PM ... hanging ... reduces or ... (learn to) do ... Doesn't that sound good though. ... Good article....
... Dan (and Oricom Tech) makes the ooBOT II board I want to put an 18F4620, 18F4680, or 18F4685 on. :D I still want one of those boards, but other things keep...
John Palmisano said: Monday, December 31, 2007 3:34 PM ... actuator, etc. ... I know that approach is common wisdom, to put a micro per sensor, but I don't...
Yes, I like monitors! And usually a printf() will get me any additional info I need. ASM was fine on PCs, but I don't care much for it on PICs. But it can...
... additional info I need. ... can make fast and tight code. But there is no need to start any wars. ;>) ... all the time! I need to get working on mine. ......
... led R.J. Full to conclude that, across the animal kingdom, legs and ... Raibert found a similar result relating quadruped gaits to a virtual biped ... crab...