trotbot
TrotBot take two: Galloping like a horse
I was a member of the team that developed a new walking mechanism, TrotBot, that we eventually scaled up to the size of a mini-van (you can read my original post here). Now, at DIYwalkers, I've posted plans for TrotBot Ver. 2, designed to handle the weight of the EV3 brick. As you can see in the following videos, we were able to improve TrotBot by borrowing some ideas from a galloping horse. Just like lunges are more tiring by simply walking, robots with bumpy gaits require more power to walk. This may not be a problem at small scales, but as a robot's weight increases, smoother gaits are required.