Comments on BlueBiped Passively-Powered Robotic Legs
Take a walk, and let gravity be your energy source. (Read
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"Here is another video showing their efforts to create a more human-like set of passive robotic legs.
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(Bill Christensen 11/1/2011 6:15:04 PM)
"How does this differ from the little toy animals you could buy 30 years ago, that were pulled by a weighted string and walked across the table?"
(Peter Jacobs 11/1/2011 9:43:05 PM)
"@Peter
It doesn't. Passive-dynamic walking robots have been around for decades."
( 11/2/2011 2:29:23 AM)
"Thats true. But toymakers aren't trying to make exoskeletons for people using the same principles."
( 11/2/2011 4:25:38 PM)
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