Genghis?

Oct 06, 2006 1 Replies

In the appendix of Flesh and Machines, Brooks lists the details of how Genghis works. Has anyone ever copied/programmed an equivalent to Genghis?



A few more thoughts on this idea.

I've been thinking about my hex walkers, I have two, one EH-3R round, which wouldn't be able to implement the Genghis code on, because the legs aren't inline, and one older H3 inline, 3-degree-of-freedome legs, I'm thinking I could put the knees such that the upper and lower arms were straight in line. Then I could just operate the shoulder's 2 servos, and having something very much like the original Genghis. The legs would be a little clunky and heavy with an extra servo in them, and they wouldn't have the more fluid motion you can get with 3 d.o.f. But still, it should be possible to simulate the "original".

Anyone interested if I did copy/programmed an equivalent to Genghis as a project? would want to see the results, or even participate in the effort?

-- Randy M. Dumse

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