{"id":11900,"date":"2017-01-29T06:40:10","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T19:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/?p=11900"},"modified":"2017-02-07T19:21:07","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T08:21:07","slug":"diy-walkers-strider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/diy-walkers-strider\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Walkers: Strider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Strider is an entry-level walker we created when we were trying to discover a linkage mechanism that\u00a0mimicked the gait of a galloping horse\u00a0for <a href=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/trotbot-walking-machine\/\">TrotBot<\/a>. We explored many options, and one of them led to Strider with a gait similar\u00a0to a walking elephant. <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Strider pairs two four bar linkages to increase step-height. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img-5498-2_orig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11905 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img-5498-2_orig-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"img-5498-2_orig\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img-5498-2_orig-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img-5498-2_orig-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img-5498-2_orig-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img-5498-2_orig-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img-5498-2_orig.jpg 1066w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Here is a simulation:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Strider Linkage, ver 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DuVudIi_mk0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Here is how it walks:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Strider, Ver 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M9oTVEKkSQw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Strider uses only one motor and is relatively easy to build. Plans are available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diywalkers.com\/strider.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Thanks!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ben<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"also-in-this-series\">\n<h3 class=\"series-title\">Also in <q>DIY Walkers<\/q><\/h3>\n<ol start=\"1\">\n<li class=\"series-post\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/diy-walkers-explorations-of-the-trotbot-walking-mechanism\/\" title=\"DIY Walkers: The TrotBot walking mechanism\">DIY Walkers: The TrotBot walking mechanism<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"series-post\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/diy-walkers-trotbot-using-ev3\/\" title=\"DIY Walkers: TrotBot using EV3\">DIY Walkers: TrotBot using EV3<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"series-post\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/diy-walkers-strider\/\" title=\"DIY Walkers: Strider\">DIY Walkers: Strider<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"series-post\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/ev3-trotbot-version-2-inspired-by-a-galloping-horse\/\" title=\"EV3 TrotBot Version 2: Inspired by a Galloping Horse\">EV3 TrotBot Version 2: Inspired by a Galloping Horse<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"series-post\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/hexapod-trotbot-a-classroom-friendly-diy-walker\/\" title=\"Hexapod TrotBot: A classroom-friendly DIY walker\">Hexapod TrotBot: A classroom-friendly DIY walker<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"series-post\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/diy-walkers-klanns-mechanical-spider\/\" title=\"DIY Walkers: Klann&#8217;s Mechanical Spider\">DIY Walkers: Klann&#8217;s Mechanical Spider<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"series-post\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/rapidly-prototyping-strider-ver-3-to-be-smoother-stronger-faster\/\" title=\"Rapidly Prototyping Strider &#8211; Smoother, Stronger, Faster\">Rapidly Prototyping Strider &#8211; Smoother, Stronger, Faster<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"series-post\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/linkage-warm-ups-1\/\" title=\"Linkage Warm Ups 1: LEGO Punchers and the 4-Bar Linkage\">Linkage Warm Ups 1: LEGO Punchers and the 4-Bar Linkage<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"series-post\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/linkage-warm-ups-2-lego-jumpers-and-hoppers\/\" title=\"Linkage Warm Ups 2: LEGO Jumpers and Hoppers\">Linkage Warm Ups 2: LEGO Jumpers and Hoppers<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/series\/diy-walkers\/\">View the entire series<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strider is an entry-level walker we created when we were trying to discover a linkage mechanism that\u00a0mimicked the gait of a galloping horse\u00a0for TrotBot. We explored many options, and one of them led to Strider with a gait similar\u00a0to a walking elephant. Strider pairs two four bar linkages to increase step-height. Here is a simulation: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":591,"featured_media":11905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,502],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11900"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/591"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}