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yes, bipedalism is inherently harder. a tripod would probably be the optimal legged robot. inherently statically stable but fewer corner cases for both static a
by clairity 9y ago
yes, bipedalism is inherently harder. a tripod would probably be the optimal legged robot. inherently statically stable but fewer corner cases for both static and dynamic stability than even a quadruped. the odd number of legs makes control a little harder though.
the cool thing about hexapods is that walking is basically using two sets of tripods in alternating fashion (e.g., cockroaches do this at slow speeds). as speed increases, they remove legs that touch the ground, going from hexapod, to quadruped, to biped at the highest speeds.
- aidenn0 9y agoI hadn't thought about tripods, since they are (largely?) absent in nature. Do you have examples of what a tripod walking or running stride would look like?
- clairity 9y agoi vaguely remember it being mentioned in something i read long ago. i think it'd be 1-2-3-1-2-3 for walking and (1,2)-3-(1,2)-3 for running or even 1-2-1-2 (bipedal) for the fastest running.