What is a walker?

[Bacon Wizard]

Anarchy didn't do that, I think you're thinking of the much smaller Scuttle?

​Sorry, yes you're quite right.

[Eventorizon]

​Sorry, yes you're quite right.

Scuttle self destructed in its first Technogames, mike swapped the legs for something stronger then was unbeatable...

[Bacon Wizard]

Scuttle self destructed in its first Technogames, mike swapped the legs for something stronger then was unbeatable...

It blew my mind to see scuttle taking-off down the track though. I mean no disrespect to other teams; they've achieved something which I haven't as yet. But scuttle was orders of magnitude more impressive in its day than anything since.

[craig_colliass]

'Son of Whyachi' is, and has always been, a shufflebot in my opinion. This thread is dealing with walkers. so I can't see it has anything to do with this subject, however it is a great robot.

History has shown the best walker with 1DOM was below average on the score card.
the robots with 2DOM didn't make it across the arena.
I believe the 2DOM is a bad rule, born out of prejudice, and fear of what could happen but never has.

[ewan]

Unless you define it another way Son of Whyachi is a 1DOF walker - if you were to allow Pilgrim type mechanisms you would also be allowing Whyachi type mechanisms unless you added more restrictions to the trajectory that the legs have to trace.

[ewan]

I'm not sure I see your point, it was classed as a walker in the same way that Anarchy was classed as a walker, both were mechanisms that use cams in 1DOF

[Bacon Wizard]

Did its feet actually leave the ground? That makes a difference, surely?

[ewan]

You want 1DOF walkers to get a full 100% weight bonus, correct? If that were the way the rules were changed then Whyachi style mechanisms would fall under the same category just by putting some sticks on the bottom of their feet which could be called legs

[craig_colliass]

Legs Ewan Legs

[ewan]

What is a leg in your definition then?