Line-Following Lego Biped
A Lego biped that can follow a dark line. For more info, go to http://blake-foster.com/project.php?p=22
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Tags: Biped, follow, Lego, line, Mindstorms, RCX, robot
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May 14th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
That’s …
That’s coooooooooooooooL
May 14th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
I may have some …
I may have some higher resolution photos of it if you want to get a better look at the mechanism. Send me an email with the contact form on my webpage if you’re interested.
May 14th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
sry first question …
sry first question was stupid, just had another look at the .gif on your site and noticed it was jointed twice
May 14th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
thanks a lot ur …
thanks a lot ur site is fantastic and the mechanism is ingenious ! way better than my seesaw-mechanism.
but two questions remain:
when only one foot is on the ground why doesnt the robot just fall over to one side because there is only one joint between the “main body” and the “leg” ?
and the other question is: did you use the lego-turntable part ?
thanx for your fast answer, im learning a lot from you here and im very grateful for that
May 14th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
I call it the …
I call it the Tilt-a-Ped.
May 14th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
The legs are lifted …
The legs are lifted by rubber bands. When the body of the robot shifts over one of the legs, it pushes the leg down. When the body shifts off of a leg, the rubber bands pull the leg up.
I explain it in more detail on my website. YouTube won’t let me post a url here, but the url appears at the very end of the video.
May 14th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
how does the …
how does the mechanism for lifting the legs work ?
had a similiar project some time ago and i was using something like a seesaw, but failed because the gravity had much too high torque on the end of the seesaw…
when i saw ur roboter i imediatelly noticed the moving thing between the rails…. and thought:”looks like a seesaw….”
May 14th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
wow… geeze man i …
wow… geeze man i do soem crazy stuff with legos but thats just nice
May 14th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Great job!! And you …
Great job!! And you were just using version 1.0 !!Amazing accomplishment !! Congratulations !!
May 14th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Instead of the ” …
Instead of the “pinion n rack” system, u might want 2 use the “parallelogram” mechanism. its much faster in shifting the RCX frm side to side
May 14th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
that was great, the …
that was great, the counter-balance technique is a bit primitive, but hey, you can only do so much with the old mindstorms, i want to see what you could do with the updated version. You should try it, this is great
May 14th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
This was pretty …
This was pretty ingenius, and creative! i like how you made teh feet rotate, and the RCX go from left to right.
May 14th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
same here, first …
same here, first line-following-biped-robot that i’ve seen
i guess it is beacouse they are hard to build and slow
May 14th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Cool !
It’s the …
Cool !
It’s the first biped line follower that I have seen.
Always are with wheels, chains or treads.