A Theo Jansen´s mechanism

Simulation
Here you find some original stuff:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dwyllie/

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Theo
• Jansen
• Simulation
• Sketchpad
• Dynamic
• Geometry
• Kinetics

[WhatGypsyLike]

@dwyllie I am trying to re-create a wooden model of Theo Jansen walking mechanism. How important is it to have sets three legs? Would a small model, attached to a motor, become unbalanced with only two?

[dwyllie]

@WhatGypsyLike I do not think that you really need three pair of legs. I believe that you may check other concrete examples on YouTube. For instance, see

blog.makezine.com/archive/2008­/07/build_kinetic_horse_sculp.­html

[Foxicola]

hey, do you know about sodaplay? It's just that I remade this structure on sodaconstructor (physics sim application) .

[dwyllie]

@Foxicola I do. It's great.

[morningstoner666]

completely off topic but:

what's the name of this song?

[dwyllie]

@morningstoner666

massman by philip glass

[lfranssen100]

What are the dimensions that you used for this simulation?

[Perbacom]

Hammertime !

[PotadoTomado]

Woah, awesome!

[LukeMaximoBell]

Great Simulation!! Where did you get your proportions?? Please help :)

[nightkraawler]

but what are the measurements ?

[nightkraawler]

genius , when I saw theos machines, I was wondering about the inner workings, you have the answer, great work.

[mattbellza]

@dwyllie You need the 3 legs to replace the use of a wheel. It won't work otherwise.

[ralph3163]

I liked the way you had the loci of key points in the linkages showing - thank you for your effort!

[Maarttttt]

perfect music

[SrQuasar]

@Foxicola With two pairs i think is enough, you need to leave an space between...