Design is not quite right. The crank through the centre is supposed to be above the plane of the main pivots for the front and rear leg pivots. I have a copy of Theo's original dimensioned drawing if anyone wants it.
@zzytrewq - thanks for the plans. I have posted an offer on other videos to make them available. Every video shows models and animations with the incorrect layout.
This beautiful design looks a lot like a truly alien life form. I wish more sci fi writers/producers could be so imaginative then we wouldn't be stuck with so many humanoids squids and other unlikely fictious aliens which are still just variations on earth life. Now I have to see all his creatures. Cool.
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I'm not objecting to you making one, and besides i don't watch a lot of television. You may think this is the future of walking robots but for crying out loud it cant even turn... why dont you make a car afterwards... maybe you could compare.
Oh god.. Since when do i have to create something that actually gets me somewhere?! I cant do anything just because i enjoy doing it, can i? You're really odd.
I didnt say that did i, oooh wait is suddenly recall saying " im not objecting to you making one" wtf. id idnt say you have to enjoy it... i do homework and i HATE that.
@Svalir I dunno, This could be useful for swamp travel, Things which wheels aren't suited for. You could totally rig this to a car and get a walker out of it
@Vennificus people who say "you could totally rig this to a car" probably don't understand the mechanical beauty of this design. also they probably suck cock to feed their meth habit.
im tryin to make one in Fantastic contraption, pretty much exactly like this one, but the damn thing crumples every time I start the simulation, help...
its because they collide, and maybe the hinges arent exactly centered. try centering them and then run it , if they are off by .0000001 mm it will crash.
Impressive! I like how you start with the simplest elements and then build up slowly. Even as it is, I wish the video would run slower; I have to use a lot of stop and go to really understand.
Thanks a lot for making this! I love the strandbeests and getting an insight into how they work is great.
For the record (in case anyone feels I was saying otherwise): zzytrewq is absolutely correct on Mr.J's original dimensions. And mb there is a difference in actual operation of the 'ouvre' if you follow it precisely and raise the crank axle to the specified height, I don't know. But after the amount of time I spent constructing the first one, there is no way my wife will allow me revisit building another one to find out! zzytreq: when you have finished making yours we can race 'em to see! Peace.
Hey, I checked out that vid you mentioned and it definitely appears that creation has the crank axle located higher than that of the 'hips'. However, that being said, my RC model walks pretty damn smoothly, and I have the crank axle on exactly the same plane as the 'hips' (See vid "Pastbot"). It could be that the specifics of each components' measurements on TJ's design have an envelope of flexibility, and while they are certainly all inter-related,contd...
The crank should be set higher than the "hips" of the legs. This is a common error in copied designs. Have a look at videos of Theo's and you'll see the crank is not on the same plane as the hips. The actual dimension is 7.8 units higher.
rhysfawr4, I googled more info on his design and found a paper describing all the dimensions he uses. The crank is set 7.8 units higher than the main leg pivots. He may have changed it, but I doubt it.
Contact me and I'll send you a copy. I'm going to make a model of his mechanism when I get the time.
If you watch his videos you'll see the crank is higher than the hips. Look at this video 'Theo Jansen Beach Beasts' at 1:32 you'll see it clearly. I have see a few flash animations and you can see that having the crank on the same level as the hips causes a slight up and down movement with each step.
I just found a copy of his original design notes with all the dimensions if you are interested. Cheers
contd..., as long as you alter them all in unison you will end up with a smooth motion. Also noteworthy on TJ's design: due to the length of the 'legs' I found my model became quite 'top-heavy' with motor/electronic components at crank axle level (my Vid will show you how I overcame that), and IMHO increasing the crank axle height on a motorized version will compound the balancing issues associated with a raised center of gravity. IE, when it stops/starts it will be prone to falling over.
Que triste que al ver estas "esculturas biomecanicas", que son realmente joyas, uno tienda a imaginarselo en un campo de batalla, u otras formas para la guerra. I'm so sad.
It's so sad when we see this beautiful mechanical sculptures, we tend to imagine them in a battlefield, or other ways for the WAR. Es triste tambien que TENGA que conocer otros idiomas para poder comunicarme... sobre todo el ingles.
its true that war is sad. And im not going to argue too much because you obviously can't really defend yourself properly in English. But the fact is that at this point in human evolution, war is an inevitablility. And a lot of modern day inovation has come from war. Despite the fact that most of the technologies have been used (at some point) for destruction, the underlying concepts have shaped modern models that promote the greater good, and our species progression on the whole. Word.
Probably a dutch guy..... again. That country bings great geniuses from time to time. BT it wouldn't surprise me if this mechanism is used mining planets?
But not so much as to know that the plural of genius is genii! :), I will however accept your excuse that, you are posting a comment on a web site where most people reading it, have difficulty in tying their own shoelaces, and that genii would upset them too much. I accept that Dutch have invented a couple of useful things! :) TJ's work rocks!
thanks, good to know, max and maya completely fail at these kinds of tasks, seem to be not capable of interconnections beyond the most basic ik chains, nice work!
every single user created theo jansen mechism ive seen on youtube fail to offset the axle slightly higher than the fixed part of the leg as per theo's original specifications, im not sure of what exact difference it makes though
U should try the fibonacci proportions for the placements of the nurb's.
The ratio between one number and its predecessor in the series approaches 1.6180 as the numbers increase (5/3=1.667, 8/5=1.600, 13/8=1.625, 21/13=1.615, 34/21=1.619, 55/34=1.618)
Now that you mention it, it is quite obvious that he'd choose such a pretty proportion as the golden ratio gives - though from the leg dimensions I just got (from roidroid below) it does seem that the golden ratio is not used completely, only partially.
I'm from Spain and I've got to study and write down that mecanism equations for a subject at college...would anybody be so kind as to help me? I'll try to but I don't know whether I'll get it or not!
sure, i can't post a link to the picture. But it seems if you google for jansenslegdimensions, you'll find a link to the image in my photobucket account.
so google for "jansenslegdimensions". Theo Jansen emailed me the picture so i'm sure it's correct.
I tried on my own by just taking proportions on random and it worked, but not as beutifully as the ones created by Theo - I'll give it a try with these (just have to learn dutch ^_^)
yeah, i emailed him outof the blue asking for the 11 holy numbers - as long as they wern't a trade secret, and i said that i would share them with others.
he replied back with politeness and that picture attached.
probably something like the anglepoise desk lamps, the type which are statically balanced. which need very little effort to move because its totally balanced out.
Wow. Great work on the simulation! It really makes it understandable how this "beast" works. The way you start with a simple bit and slowly work up to the more complex is very helpful.
It would be even better if the first, simple bits were shown a few seconds longer. Same for the text at the end - it went by so quickly that it took me a few attempts to hit the "pause" button at the right moment.
Looks like it has a Crank Shaft along it's Transverse Axis, connecting the walker mechanism... If so, it would be very simple to add a Gasoline powered V8, a set of bucket seats, and fancy paint... Hell, I'd drive one. LOL
I made a model of it on AUTOCAD inventor in about fifteen minutes. I could animate it so it would look just like it. More like an hour instead of a lifetime.
Watch the video again. At the end they have some text. Give it a read-- they say they don't understand, umm, trying to remember, the "central nerve" or something like that.
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Nixforest 4 months ago
Then he did a cost benefit alasys of making a real ufo, "screw legs". Everything now has 10 hands on each ufo disk.
ftlqed 5 months ago
Wow, thanks for sharing.
TheMusclepig 6 months ago
I love it!
scottdeel 6 months ago
which software is used?
bergenstation 8 months ago in playlist Theo Jansen 3
Now add some muscle and flesh and turn it into an animal!
illchillkyle 9 months ago
Un video muy ilustrativo del mecanismo de Theo Jansen. Me gustó.
hugogiulietti 9 months ago
Excelente animacion, Explica muy bien el mecanismo de Theo Jansen.
madrynchubut 10 months ago
what soft do u use to simulate it?
ivanmyh 1 year ago
@ivanmyh he used softimage you should read the tags of the video
Nikola91743 11 months ago
cool
MrDorfmann 1 year ago
whats that point of this
happygamestvfun1 1 year ago
THE FUTURE OF ROBOTS AS WE KNOW IT!
CursorBuddy23 1 year ago
make it huge, very huge, do a giand plate on it, and you have a bulldozer, for a whole city!
TigerMeet2142 1 year ago
great demonstration of his model! good work!
Jkruem 1 year ago
Was this for a university project? If so, which university?
11889music 1 year ago
t janson
pemom12 1 year ago
genius
juanviperea 1 year ago
I don't know why, but this makes me very happy.
tubeseeryou 1 year ago 47
Design is not quite right. The crank through the centre is supposed to be above the plane of the main pivots for the front and rear leg pivots. I have a copy of Theo's original dimensioned drawing if anyone wants it.
zzytrewq 1 year ago
hey I'd really appreciate it if I could see the drawing, that would be amazing
Ztrawbz 1 year ago
@Ztrawbz - send me an email address to my personal messages and I'll flick you a copy. Cheers. Love to see your finished product.
zzytrewq 1 year ago
@zzytrewq - thanks for the plans. I have posted an offer on other videos to make them available. Every video shows models and animations with the incorrect layout.
ZoeMarks 11 months ago
can i get the software plz
jarrose88 1 year ago
wath is the name of the softwer
1malta2 2 years ago
@1malta2 look at 1:00
veggiet2009 1 year ago
its cool, but... can anyone get it to turn?
lordvalgarX 2 years ago
yeah
rabidus1208 2 years ago
I am building this in school so suck it
specops48 2 years ago
So am I lol
rabidus1208 2 years ago
o.O wow
Jem30191 2 years ago
Good job!
You've inspired me!
Thanks.
entropious88 2 years ago
This beautiful design looks a lot like a truly alien life form. I wish more sci fi writers/producers could be so imaginative then we wouldn't be stuck with so many humanoids squids and other unlikely fictious aliens which are still just variations on earth life. Now I have to see all his creatures. Cool.
DereenigneEsrever 2 years ago
STOMP*
"well there went the neighborhood"
"tragedy really"
Fsxace999 2 years ago 2
Amazing design concept.
cooltv4 2 years ago 2
niiiiice!!!
Alpharius93 2 years ago 2
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COOOOOOL!
But utterly fucking pointless...
Bowmango 2 years ago
they are invented to work simply using the power of the wind....
watch some vids to understand that....
jingeshan24 2 years ago
Nope, im using it right now to create my own. So, pointless? Nope..
mrchriss 2 years ago
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But what good will your one do, yeah its cleaver.. Granted, however what good will it do?
Bowmango 2 years ago
What good does a TV-show do? It entertains. You maybe dont think this is entertaining. but i might think it is, by building it..
mrchriss 2 years ago 4
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I'm not objecting to you making one, and besides i don't watch a lot of television. You may think this is the future of walking robots but for crying out loud it cant even turn... why dont you make a car afterwards... maybe you could compare.
Its just an idea.
Bowmango 2 years ago
Oh god.. Since when do i have to create something that actually gets me somewhere?! I cant do anything just because i enjoy doing it, can i? You're really odd.
mrchriss 2 years ago 11
I didnt say that did i, oooh wait is suddenly recall saying " im not objecting to you making one" wtf. id idnt say you have to enjoy it... i do homework and i HATE that.
Bowmango 2 years ago
What software did you use to create this animation?
tantzer 2 years ago
O co z tym chodzi jak ktoś pl wie niech napisze na PW
BarteeX666 2 years ago
Im surprised that this guy (Theo Jansen) hasn't been hired by the military yet to design the next generation of walking robots.
MasterGuns666 2 years ago
They have better !
celebratingfantasy 2 years ago
can't make corners, and it is an artist...
larsie21 2 years ago
dont see the practicality in this design
Budguy68 2 years ago
It's Art; ir's not meant to be practical!
Svalir 2 years ago 6
@Svalir I dunno, This could be useful for swamp travel, Things which wheels aren't suited for. You could totally rig this to a car and get a walker out of it
Vennificus 1 year ago
@Vennificus people who say "you could totally rig this to a car" probably don't understand the mechanical beauty of this design. also they probably suck cock to feed their meth habit.
valdezmiguel2 1 year ago
im tryin to make one in Fantastic contraption, pretty much exactly like this one, but the damn thing crumples every time I start the simulation, help...
Linkman9596 2 years ago
its because they collide, and maybe the hinges arent exactly centered. try centering them and then run it , if they are off by .0000001 mm it will crash.
econogramico 2 years ago
lol somone made one in phun :D
paronfisk 2 years ago
only good on a flat surface from the looks of it, i could be wrong. still is awesome
mrprofile101 2 years ago
this guy it the best
Flea5000000000 2 years ago
Theo Jansen is genius !!!
tomaso101 2 years ago
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you talk a lot and need help because you are stupid. Either you are a stupid adult or a 10 year old kid with a 10 year old mind.
amerthil 2 years ago
Impressive! I like how you start with the simplest elements and then build up slowly. Even as it is, I wish the video would run slower; I have to use a lot of stop and go to really understand.
Thanks a lot for making this! I love the strandbeests and getting an insight into how they work is great.
RabiaB 2 years ago
how did you do tis video. ? i mean what app did you use?
NewRisingSong 2 years ago
Says in credits...
Softimage 3d and Adobe after effects
ZanderMander 2 years ago
oups ... thanks mate
NewRisingSong 2 years ago
i need to figure out what to make one out of and how...
Linkman9596 3 years ago
it reminds me the film of Hayao Miyazaki, Howl's Moving Casttle.
I want a moving home too, I really love this video, because it means that sometime in the future, I would have my own moving home!
amcarren 3 years ago
For the record (in case anyone feels I was saying otherwise): zzytrewq is absolutely correct on Mr.J's original dimensions. And mb there is a difference in actual operation of the 'ouvre' if you follow it precisely and raise the crank axle to the specified height, I don't know. But after the amount of time I spent constructing the first one, there is no way my wife will allow me revisit building another one to find out! zzytreq: when you have finished making yours we can race 'em to see! Peace.
rhysfawr4 3 years ago
Hey, I checked out that vid you mentioned and it definitely appears that creation has the crank axle located higher than that of the 'hips'. However, that being said, my RC model walks pretty damn smoothly, and I have the crank axle on exactly the same plane as the 'hips' (See vid "Pastbot"). It could be that the specifics of each components' measurements on TJ's design have an envelope of flexibility, and while they are certainly all inter-related,contd...
rhysfawr4 3 years ago
wut powers it?
qcampbell123 3 years ago
You can motorize it or power it by a wind driven mechanism.
zzytrewq 3 years ago
oh i see
qcampbell123 3 years ago
The crank should be set higher than the "hips" of the legs. This is a common error in copied designs. Have a look at videos of Theo's and you'll see the crank is not on the same plane as the hips. The actual dimension is 7.8 units higher.
zzytrewq 3 years ago
zzytrewq, you can adjust the radius of the crank. Your '7.8 units higher' wants some clarification...
I made a working remote-controlled model, and the crank's axle lies on exactly the same plane as the 'hips'. It walks fine. Evidence:"Pastbot"
rhysfawr4 3 years ago
rhysfawr4, I googled more info on his design and found a paper describing all the dimensions he uses. The crank is set 7.8 units higher than the main leg pivots. He may have changed it, but I doubt it.
Contact me and I'll send you a copy. I'm going to make a model of his mechanism when I get the time.
Cheers
zzytrewq 3 years ago
hi
could you send me a copy?
nubberyourtube 3 years ago
Have sent a link to your inbox. If there are any problems get back to me.
zzytrewq 3 years ago
I would be highly interested in one too. Could you send one to me please?
shigmati 3 years ago
shigmati: Send me an email address. Cheers
zzytrewq 3 years ago
I have been requested by a few people for a copy but no one sends me an email address. Curious.
Cheers
zzytrewq 3 years ago
If you watch his videos you'll see the crank is higher than the hips. Look at this video 'Theo Jansen Beach Beasts' at 1:32 you'll see it clearly. I have see a few flash animations and you can see that having the crank on the same level as the hips causes a slight up and down movement with each step.
I just found a copy of his original design notes with all the dimensions if you are interested. Cheers
zzytrewq 3 years ago
contd..., as long as you alter them all in unison you will end up with a smooth motion. Also noteworthy on TJ's design: due to the length of the 'legs' I found my model became quite 'top-heavy' with motor/electronic components at crank axle level (my Vid will show you how I overcame that), and IMHO increasing the crank axle height on a motorized version will compound the balancing issues associated with a raised center of gravity. IE, when it stops/starts it will be prone to falling over.
rhysfawr4 3 years ago
link 1
vijayakumarcadd 3 years ago
definitly helped me understand
19clyde90 3 years ago
Thanks, you've made what appears baffling at first to be quite simple in practice. I see how to build these now.
bradsommers 3 years ago
wow thats really cool, also, has anyone noticed the center joint (the red dot) sorta has a crankshaft like motion, along with all the other legs?
Arvak777 3 years ago
Thank you for the planning-details :o)
Energermany 3 years ago
it looks like rocket science, but it is a simple (but intellegent) concept
ericcartman888 3 years ago
thank you for this video i have been wanting to build one of these for so long, i have been trying to study other videos, this is the best thanks
hockeyteets89 3 years ago
確か、マドリッドのソフィア王妃センターに同様のが展示されてなかったっけ？
CHUN707 3 years ago
Look good! Now someone should try to build this, this could revolutionize walking robots or something.
Kinokarte 3 years ago
Excellent simulation. The actual device is magnificent--mixture of the aesthetic and intellect. Engineering grace, man!
Rikotistic 3 years ago
bravo!
bonski2008 3 years ago
It would be cool to make a battle tank using this concept. It wouldn't really be very practical but it would look cool.
rolthox 3 years ago
Que triste que al ver estas "esculturas biomecanicas", que son realmente joyas, uno tienda a imaginarselo en un campo de batalla, u otras formas para la guerra. I'm so sad.
Libelibel 3 years ago
Say what?
rolthox 3 years ago
It's so sad when we see this beautiful mechanical sculptures, we tend to imagine them in a battlefield, or other ways for the WAR. Es triste tambien que TENGA que conocer otros idiomas para poder comunicarme... sobre todo el ingles.
Libelibel 3 years ago 2
Not really it's pretty cool to think of it as a death machine killing people and shit.
rolthox 3 years ago
It's not sad at all. War is human nature...
sandcrab132 3 years ago
its true that war is sad. And im not going to argue too much because you obviously can't really defend yourself properly in English. But the fact is that at this point in human evolution, war is an inevitablility. And a lot of modern day inovation has come from war. Despite the fact that most of the technologies have been used (at some point) for destruction, the underlying concepts have shaped modern models that promote the greater good, and our species progression on the whole. Word.
StaffandStormcloud 3 years ago
OMG! Thank you for uploading.
Zovex11 3 years ago 2
it lookes like a spider or kinda like a cat
webkinzluver11 3 years ago
that thing was creepy and kinda ocward and confusing to look at it makes ur eyes crosed
webkinzluver11 3 years ago
that's neat
S618K 3 years ago
Looks like a prototype of some anime-creature - Japanese culture and Hi-Tech put together.
Awesome and thrilling!
Chachmin 3 years ago
Brilliant representation. Very well thought out.
VitruvianMan1452 3 years ago
METAL GEAR!!!!
ongdacos 3 years ago 24
An image tells more than thousand words
Una imagen vale más que mil palabras
Thanks Gracias
Budumagic 3 years ago
thanks for posting this
i can now see how it works, now i'm building it(out of knex!)
realcelestialphoenix 3 years ago 3
Probably a dutch guy..... again. That country bings great geniuses from time to time. BT it wouldn't surprise me if this mechanism is used mining planets?
Za7a7aZ 3 years ago 3
thats right son we the dutch are geniuses
cybrax 3 years ago
But not so much as to know that the plural of genius is genii! :), I will however accept your excuse that, you are posting a comment on a web site where most people reading it, have difficulty in tying their own shoelaces, and that genii would upset them too much. I accept that Dutch have invented a couple of useful things! :) TJ's work rocks!
T2000Terminator 3 years ago
that thing is creeeeepy
TheLordoftheCows 3 years ago
Brilliant.
cdewilde 3 years ago
which program did they use? all my 3d applications fail at this kind of mechanics :/
random0815 3 years ago
seems like softimage?
jb978 3 years ago
we used Softimage|3D. it's very easy to control IK.
now, we changed to XSI. "FOUNDATION" is not expensive, so we recommend you to use it.
molybden 3 years ago
thanks, good to know, max and maya completely fail at these kinds of tasks, seem to be not capable of interconnections beyond the most basic ik chains, nice work!
random0815 3 years ago
incredible, sure beats the science of newton's motion!!!!
mjtunstall1976 3 years ago
every single user created theo jansen mechism ive seen on youtube fail to offset the axle slightly higher than the fixed part of the leg as per theo's original specifications, im not sure of what exact difference it makes though
ropewalkingelephant 3 years ago 2
nice
7flint7 3 years ago
This sure would puzzle old man Darwin. life creating artificial life?.... beats evolution kindof..?
tdk7086 3 years ago
I never knew ever befor. Great!
skocu 3 years ago
Theo Jansen , dutch proud
Pimdeflans 4 years ago 2
MEGA coś naprawde dobrego ....
Thclive 4 years ago
You own men!
you're the best (after Theo Jansen of course)
atb1248 4 years ago
sami bag pula..foarte fain....interesant
arhitectovidiu 4 years ago
english please
TheJustOneOnlyOne 4 years ago
that's it, i'm going to have to perfect my fabrication skills and build me one!
poriruadude 4 years ago
thankx for la respuesta ke buskaba
atte: chapo.. buen tranbajo
LOSLOCOS23 4 years ago
U should try the fibonacci proportions for the placements of the nurb's.
The ratio between one number and its predecessor in the series approaches 1.6180 as the numbers increase (5/3=1.667, 8/5=1.600, 13/8=1.625, 21/13=1.615, 34/21=1.619, 55/34=1.618)
IDODESIGN4u 4 years ago
Now that you mention it, it is quite obvious that he'd choose such a pretty proportion as the golden ratio gives - though from the leg dimensions I just got (from roidroid below) it does seem that the golden ratio is not used completely, only partially.
festbitch 4 years ago
super
telefon23 4 years ago
The new wheel
Athiskemon 4 years ago
Its really
they are real machines
InDnERIK 4 years ago 2
Fantastic, very interesting.
triplege 4 years ago
i wont buy this! were???
viwaldi69 4 years ago
he means "i want to by this! were can i get it???"
TecLogik 4 years ago
you mean, "I want to purchase this! Where can I buy it???"
SuperJusfighta2 4 years ago
I'm from Spain and I've got to study and write down that mecanism equations for a subject at college...would anybody be so kind as to help me? I'll try to but I don't know whether I'll get it or not!
kaxer 4 years ago
I have the correct proportions that Theo uses.
roidroid 4 years ago
is it something you are willing to share?
festbitch 4 years ago
sure, i can't post a link to the picture. But it seems if you google for jansenslegdimensions, you'll find a link to the image in my photobucket account.
so google for "jansenslegdimensions". Theo Jansen emailed me the picture so i'm sure it's correct.
roidroid 4 years ago
Just found it, thnx a million!
I tried on my own by just taking proportions on random and it worked, but not as beutifully as the ones created by Theo - I'll give it a try with these (just have to learn dutch ^_^)
festbitch 4 years ago
Do'nt need to read dutch. All the numbers are down the bottom - referenced to the diagram.
A and L are not actual linkages, just measurements for the distance between the 2 pivots.
roidroid 4 years ago
dude i cant find it
epompeii 4 years ago
img. photobucket. com/albums/v358/roidroid/jansenslegdimensions. jpg
roidroid 4 years ago 3
thanks man. hey is Theo cool with us using it?
epompeii 4 years ago
yeah, i emailed him outof the blue asking for the 11 holy numbers - as long as they wern't a trade secret, and i said that i would share them with others.
he replied back with politeness and that picture attached.
So he's ok with everyone knowing the numbers.
A nice guy.
roidroid 4 years ago 2
the day you told me the url he sent me the same type of email. what a cool dude. I'm buying his book.
epompeii 4 years ago 2
Very good study :) I like the way you explained bit by bit all the pieces before joining them to the main rotary axis.
kiusap 4 years ago
ive already started building one in his honor.
Juggernautdevilhulk 4 years ago
Amazing creations
But I cant help wondering what sparked his work..
anyone ever played with K'NEX ?
they move mechanically the same.
GrimChild24 4 years ago
probably something like the anglepoise desk lamps, the type which are statically balanced. which need very little effort to move because its totally balanced out.
thigis123 4 years ago
Thanks for the design, I am making this with toothpicks, aluminium foil and candle wax. Its pretty hard, I've only gotten one leg done.
ElGeneral09 4 years ago
Thanks for the breakdown. :)
Yakshinian 4 years ago
Wow. Great work on the simulation! It really makes it understandable how this "beast" works. The way you start with a simple bit and slowly work up to the more complex is very helpful.
It would be even better if the first, simple bits were shown a few seconds longer. Same for the text at the end - it went by so quickly that it took me a few attempts to hit the "pause" button at the right moment.
RabiaB 4 years ago
wow
lioxait 4 years ago
...dedicated to my professors which I came from.
floriza2006 4 years ago
muahahaha..... ;}
bloogz 4 years ago
this guy is fantstic!! a new century started
johnnyFFM 4 years ago
Good Job!!
yuikiomat2007 4 years ago
"you have to make trial and error"
Great. :)
BarrykeNL 4 years ago
Looks like it has a Crank Shaft along it's Transverse Axis, connecting the walker mechanism... If so, it would be very simple to add a Gasoline powered V8, a set of bucket seats, and fancy paint... Hell, I'd drive one. LOL
ShadenGheist 4 years ago
Can anyone imagine trying to animate these machines by hand? It would take a lifetime!
DimensionO 4 years ago
I made a model of it on AUTOCAD inventor in about fifteen minutes. I could animate it so it would look just like it. More like an hour instead of a lifetime.
VandenRipoffStrat 4 years ago
Great video, but did anyone else notice they said they hadn't quite figured it out? Bummer.
brucescanlon 4 years ago
Where was the model flawed? I missed it.
wavewash 4 years ago
Watch the video again. At the end they have some text. Give it a read-- they say they don't understand, umm, trying to remember, the "central nerve" or something like that.
brucescanlon 4 years ago
that's really not that complez at all. its funny how some regular person beats governments and shit to this type of mechanical device.
blowsmokedenswangit 4 years ago
It's not the mechanics or the complexity/lack thereof; it's the vision/art/audacious creativity...
mercedesesquivel 4 years ago
Ah thanks. I wondered how the hell they worked!
GsyMoo 4 years ago
wow
MikeG16 4 years ago
Makes me brain hurt.
reziki 4 years ago
Astonishing. Brilliant, thanks.
MattPrior 4 years ago
it is just fascinating... beautiful science !
hadrienboye 4 years ago
watch GM try to make a car out of this
sr7southpaw 4 years ago
If I can't do it first...
superpimp8000 4 years ago
huge
gabayera 4 years ago
5 stars
espido 5 years ago
thank you from the Mondo Spider team!
leigh8959 5 years ago
superb video
joseinTokyo 5 years ago
This explains the mechanism well.
RedOceans 5 years ago
Theo Jansen is Cooollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
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