by StuartL » Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:57 am
by StuartL
Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:57 am
Ah cool. I didn't notice before, but you stretched him too. I stretched my guy awhile back but I never got around to actually doing anything with him after the surgery. Are you having any problems with the servos not being powerful enough?
Nothing yet, no... but...
I notice that the upper thigh and the ankle servos are positioned 180 degrees from the standard humanoid build. I imagine that this gives you a much broader range of leg motions, but raises the COG even higher. Would you recomend this configuration to other Bioloid owners?
It's a bit early to make recommendations. I specifically modified him because I wasn't happy with the range of motion (specifically the step climbing ability) of the standard layout. As it's turned out while the longer legs and reversed ankle orientation his stance is (obviously) much higher and the CoG is much higher, but this actually reduces the frequency of the pendulum swing when he's balancing, which is helpful. As the CoG is higher, though, he has further to fall when it goes wrong
Right now he hasn't done anything than stand and take a few (badly executed and useless) steps. Therefore I can't really say what his servo load etc is likely to be like. The legs do feel agile enough but the servos are overheating reasonably quickly, perhaps partially due to the LiPo power.
Ah cool. I didn't notice before, but you stretched him too. I stretched my guy awhile back but I never got around to actually doing anything with him after the surgery. Are you having any problems with the servos not being powerful enough?
Nothing yet, no... but...
I notice that the upper thigh and the ankle servos are positioned 180 degrees from the standard humanoid build. I imagine that this gives you a much broader range of leg motions, but raises the COG even higher. Would you recomend this configuration to other Bioloid owners?
It's a bit early to make recommendations. I specifically modified him because I wasn't happy with the range of motion (specifically the step climbing ability) of the standard layout. As it's turned out while the longer legs and reversed ankle orientation his stance is (obviously) much higher and the CoG is much higher, but this actually reduces the frequency of the pendulum swing when he's balancing, which is helpful. As the CoG is higher, though, he has further to fall when it goes wrong
Right now he hasn't done anything than stand and take a few (badly executed and useless) steps. Therefore I can't really say what his servo load etc is likely to be like. The legs do feel agile enough but the servos are overheating reasonably quickly, perhaps partially due to the LiPo power.