It is a bit limited but you can easily add to the software so it can walk on its own. The purpose of this bot was to demonstrate how you can do lots of interesting things when you have control over compliance - how easily the servo responds to external forces.
The robot has virtual springs controlling the lifting of its legs, if you made one with six legs you could program each to work like a suspension system with springs and damping and if you dropped your robot onto its feet from a few feet high it would just bounce - if you did that with normal servos you might well destroy them.
You get benefits if it is walking over uneven ground as well because it can compensate - it doesn't need sensors to detect of the legs are touching the ground because the servos can be programmed to measure and respond to the weight of the robot.
Awesome. I looked into this a few years ago using OpenServos w/ servo-savers as the elastic aspect, but never got very reliable results that way. I hope you are able to find a manufacturing and/or sales partner to distribute these, I would certainly buy a few.
Great now just fix the bug in it .. Downsyndrom
Mattty2k11 2 months ago
Superb, grt idea.
evolutionsdisaster 1 year ago
Nice. What is Sussex like as a uni and what is the Inforamtics school like?
skeletorphd 2 years ago
it looks like a crawler from Call of Duty 5 Nazi Zombies lol
DaSasquatchHobo 2 years ago
Kinda looks like a robot man crawling after you.
Warlock254 2 years ago
It's like the hunchback of robots. Ugly ass thing that walks with wheels? Lol.
r32adt3db 2 years ago
Nice pet there :P
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MusicMichaels 2 years ago
That Poor Robot... Stop pulling So Hard! :(
oxygon 2 years ago 3
hahah u make me laughing so hard! good one
daveyt88 2 years ago
Ahahahaha it doesn't make sense at all!
TheTwelfthDoctor has the point......
wheels? but it walks...... ahahahah lol!
and you need to drag it...... i think i should buy a remote car instead of ur robot..... this is not fun.......
ao2528 2 years ago
I haz dog. yippee
jzinit 2 years ago
Why wheels on a walking robot?
TheTwelfthDoctor 2 years ago
so you just have to pull the string to make it move?
barakuda1111 2 years ago
You go to MIT?
aydoooo 2 years ago
"Where are you going, honey?"
"I'm taking the robot out for a drag."
ELuhn 2 years ago
HAHA
phi11ykid96 2 years ago
Nice. Maybe you could fabricate a seal skin to cover the skeleton. Instant Robot seal!
magictricc 2 years ago
It walks exactly like an iguana!
Digeridude 2 years ago
Cool, although limited use since it needs to be pulled. I think someone could make a really cool robot pet that goes for walkies. =)
Digeridude 2 years ago
It is a bit limited but you can easily add to the software so it can walk on its own. The purpose of this bot was to demonstrate how you can do lots of interesting things when you have control over compliance - how easily the servo responds to external forces.
GCUEntropy 2 years ago
The robot has virtual springs controlling the lifting of its legs, if you made one with six legs you could program each to work like a suspension system with springs and damping and if you dropped your robot onto its feet from a few feet high it would just bounce - if you did that with normal servos you might well destroy them.
GCUEntropy 2 years ago
You get benefits if it is walking over uneven ground as well because it can compensate - it doesn't need sensors to detect of the legs are touching the ground because the servos can be programmed to measure and respond to the weight of the robot.
GCUEntropy 2 years ago
Awesome. I looked into this a few years ago using OpenServos w/ servo-savers as the elastic aspect, but never got very reliable results that way. I hope you are able to find a manufacturing and/or sales partner to distribute these, I would certainly buy a few.
poorrobot 2 years ago
that's pretty interesting.
KuroTempest 2 years ago