Re: [GZG] Four legs good !!

You must like the earlier version of the robot then. :)

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=VXJZVZFRFJc

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Evans" <devans@nebraska.edu>
To: <gzg-l@vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [GZG] Four legs good !!

> 
> 
> K.H.Ranitzsch wrote on 09/21/2008 09:25:39 AM:
> 
>>
>> Hello
>>
>> Here is a you-tube video of a state-of-the-art four-legged robot:
"Big
> Dog":
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww
>>
>> Pretty impressive how it handles broken ground and recovers from
>> stumbling on slippery ground.
>>
>> The configuration of the articulated joints on the legs is
interesting,
>> which has no natural prototype, as far as I can see.
> 
> I've always rather thought it looked like two people, face-to-face,
> carrying a small load. Seldom a recipe for agility...
> 
> The_Beast

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