Or maybe building a bit of shortening action into the thigh, it would help get more clearance for the lifted foot. The rocking back and forth is intentional, as part of the design to conserve energy, according to Tilden.

There's a lot of stuff on the web, here at NASA.gov for example.

A cheap retrofit kit for V2s/RSMs could be popular, I think.

Rovio rules!
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I know this thread is about Biped's, but ever since I got my Roboquad I'm convinced that it's walking platform is the hot stuff.  Bipeds will have to wait until we get Asimo/QRIO styled articulated walking at a consumer price.  Sure you have the Robo-one series and now the i-Sobot who move really well, but I don't think you can have a robot with an onboard motherboard of signifcant capacity and get a robot to walk like that; too much weight without having some real power behind the legs to walk fluidly and that costs bucks currently.

We'll have to see how the tracked Spyke robot makes out too.

Robodance 5 - Rovio over Skype with Voice Control

• No more router setup hassles
• 2 way audio on any system
• Python scripting support (and much more!)

Very good MrScott, I've seen this one before, but it was good to see it again.

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