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Jansen's Linkage: How A Strandbeest's Legs Move (en.wikipedia.org)
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Perhaps more art than engineering, I still love Theo Jansen's Strandbeests. Have any of you tried making one?

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[–] paysrenttobirds 2 points 2 years ago

I know someone who made a crawling machine with I think twelve legs using this linkage and a wheelchair motor. One problem was the steps had very little clearance. Another issue was there is a point in the rotation that was suddenly much higher torque on all of the parts. I don't remember the details. Very cool looking movement, though, amazing to see it in action.