Cool videos: human powered walking vehicles
I know what you're thinking: "Walking vehicles? It's better to just walk." Sure, transferring power from your feet to a mechanical set of legs may be needlessly repetitious and simply waste energy in the process. Human-powered walking vehicles (like the working model in the video above and a concept in a clip below the fold) solves a great problem. Walking vehicles and walking assist robots all have one major problem: they use energy. Why not walk by using the power of your feet instead with these amazing machines? Okay, sure a bike is more efficient but you gotta give 'em an A for effort.
[Source: YouTube]
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Trev 8:49PM (2/02/2008)
PAHAHAHAHAHA, I enjoyed that!
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Ben 12:46PM (2/03/2008)
Walking-assist could be very cool! Legs have a leg up on wheels on rough terrain, but neither of these vehicles has enough degrees of freedom to take advantage of that---yet. When they do, we'll really have something.
Anyone who has seen the making of the Dark Crystal will have some other ideas. And then look up Oscar Pistorius. I, for one, welcome our new cyborg overlords.
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calebe 9:19AM (2/04/2008)
were those old crutches? lol I think he needs to work on the gearing. Grand ma with her walker is going to pass him up.
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