RE: Walkers

I was watching TV last night and there was a discussion on robots and
how to
make them walk. It turned out that it was *easier to programme* a
2-legged
robot than a 4-legged (or more) as the complexity of multiple legs was a
more difficult programming task.  Not 100% convinced myself, but they
were
demonstrating a 2-legged robot.

Cheers,
  Iain

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Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 10:45 AM
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Subject: Re: Walkers

Donald Hosford schrieb:
> Actually the biggest "nail", is the fact that the walker
> has only two legs.

Which is why most sensible animals have more than 2 legs ;-)

In fact, I think multi-legged walkers are a more viable proposition
than two-legged ones. Especially if they can fold their legs to lie
low.

Greetings
Karl Heinz