Theo Jansen Mechanism using K'Nex

[UberDreww96]

you need to make a how to video for this

[TimpBizkit]

No all that remains is to make it walk....

[ciremip]

Using K'nex, I build an Theo Jansen Mechanism thar really walks. with 8 legs.

Greetings

[thefoxdude]

@ciremip make a vid of it! that should be coowl...

[Fordi]

For anyone interested, the simplified integer Jansen linkage ratios:

Crank: 1

Crank-leg arms: 4

(Right) Triangles, mount, parallelogram: 3

Leg stem (can be absent): 0..2 (>2 requires legs be out of plane)

[mrfixitboy7]

cool !! good work

[zakkmiester]

yeah, I think the feet might be on the ground for a tad bit too long.

[Kazbahn1]

that would walk, the legs move in a the perfect motion, dragging flat across the floor, lifting in a curve, then moving gradually back towards the floor

[YoYoSmileALot]

WHOA!!! The ratios are actually perfect! It moves it's feet in a straight line! Sorry for being so surprised, but it made me realize the ratios between K'Nex pieces. I wish i had a motor on mine, then I could try to make one of these :P

[farouqnimer]

What ratios did u use?

[ponchoshnake]

don't know, just what I had

[zakkmiester]

could you measure... pleeeeaaase?

[rcfreak2493]

yeah same here i built mine before i saw this video and i can see that i used the same exact pieces in the same place you did. great work

[fleming1972]

it's like the taffy machine at the state fair

[elg0nz]

Sweet.

[mymain4u]

ow hurts my eyes lol very kwel

[dwyllie]

Very good. :-)

[crestind]

I built an actual walker thing, but the whole thing is so heavy it doesn't walk :( And I don't have gears to increase torque and such. I used exact same piece ratios as you.