THE LONG WALK!!

[dragonmaster_1]

Mecadon
http://homepage.mac.com/roninsfx/Team_S ... ter16.html

[blazerbotics]

Some little kits http://www.hexapodrobot.com/index.html , really nice bloke met him at space centre and Dublin, hes planning on making a big version i think.

[muchalucha]

lynxmotion sell something similar to this , they look fantastic but they are really expensive.

I just won an auction on eBay for a pair of 24v-geared motors. They should do for the power they are rated at 300rpm but they will be connected via chain so a speed of no more than 95rpm at the cranks.
I am not sure of the stride length but I hope it will be approximately 200-250mm, giving a theoretical speed of 1.1-1.4kmh this will be quite fast for a walker!!!
I love the robots shown on this thread by other people, if all goes well I hope to have some component pictures up in the next few weeks.

Thanks for everyone€™s input.

[muchalucha]

cool , id love to see the results , are you using the wheel -less bicycle design ?

If you could imagine 2 of them stuck side by side to give an 8-legged version this way I hope to be able to steer it.
Also I hope to place some sort of device either a screen or billboard for advertising on top between the leg mechanisms,
I will probably have to put polycarbonate panels over the side to prevent fingers getting trapped.
But first thing is getting the bits and then make the thing work.

[RogueTwoRobots]

Go on Craig, you know you want to build it like this......

[craig_colliass]

Too scary I would rather build this

[calumco]

all this talk of walkers and all the videos is tempting me to make a feather walker im gonna have to stop looking at this thred

[muchalucha]

that video kcr posted looks quite a bit like what you described craig