Roboticists from Switzerland's EPFL institute bring us four awesome robots that are designed to mimic the movements and gait of animals. We chat with these ...
I like the video, but in the description you say that EPFL brought you
these robots. They didn't bring you anything, you went to them. You guys
say the same shit in the description of videos at ComiCon etc where it says
somebody brings you something but really you're walking around the trade
show floor. This is misleading, as some people don't want to watch a walkie
video sometimes.
+killroy42 "Hmm, "walking" in general isn't gonna get up a tree or mountain either."But it does so for the majority suitable for that terrain/habitat (insects), so in general it indeed does get them up a tree.You seem to not have gotten the point that efficiency of locomotion is depended on terrain whereas driving on wheels is definitely not the most efficient way of walking (which you said and makes no sense whatsoever in the first place).There´s a reason most animals walk, crawl, climb and fly and don´t drive on wheels, won´t survive long enough to procreate if stuck because having locomotion with 0 adaptability to different circumstances and terrain. lol
+Alejandro Apellido I thought about strandbeests (by Theo Jasen) which use the Jasen's linkage for legs. Or also in klank's linkage which I guess is less efficient (since the feet go very high) (which actually make it better for an irregular terrain) but I'm aiming for theost efficient mechanism in a flat surface. Any idea?
Hmm, "walking" in general isn't gonna get up a tree or mountain either. So now yo're adding constraints. Most efficient way of legged locomotion perhaps? But now you're constrained to using legs...
+killroy42 Nope, walking isn´t called driving.Driving on wheels is a efficient way of locomotion on surfaces suitable for it but with the worst adjustment to different terrains (try drive up a tree or mountain and you know driving isn´t the best way of movement... :p).