What is a walker?

[typhoon_driver]

I consider walkers any machine that exhibits the following,

- The entire weight of the machine is supported at all time (no hoppers)
- The legs are made of more than a single piece of metal, ie a leg like you have yourself made up of two separate sections
- The upwards and forwards motions come from two separate mechanisms

I don't like the mechanisms in scuttle as if you take off the legs, it could still in theory run along the ground on the gears

[Bacon Wizard]

I consider walkers any machine that exhibits the following,

- The entire weight of the machine is supported at all time (no hoppers)
- The legs are made of more than a single piece of metal, ie a leg like you have yourself made up of two separate sections
- The upwards and forwards motions come from two separate mechanisms

I don't like the mechanisms in scuttle as if you take off the legs, it could still in theory run along the ground on the gears

In that case we would need a new category which is "runner", since running is a different gait performed by walking creatures for efficiency at higher speeds whereby the weight of the animal/bot is NOT supported at all times.

Walking is controlled falling. Running is controlled bursts of flying and landing.



I certainly think that if the running gear could perform as for wheels, then it's not a true walker.


I think we should bear in mind that the regs were not put in place to prevent people from building walkers. They were there, along with the weight concession, to ENCOURAGE it. But we do need to make sure people are not exploiting loopholes just to get the extra weight "advantage" certainly.