Building Robots With Lego Mindstorms

Building Robots

That Walk

Solutions in this chapter:

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The Theory behind Walking

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Building Legs

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Building a Four-Legged Robot

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Building a Six-Legged Steering Robot

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Designing Bipeds

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Introduction

So far in this book, we have discussed in depth many mobility configurations, all

of them based upon one of the most important inventions of humankind: the

wheel. In this chapter, we will try and emulate what nature invented long before

the wheel to provide humankind with a mode ...