Four-legged walking robot ala Boston Dynamics' BIG DOG

[Parallax]

this is a proof-of-concept model, many issues yet to be resolved... Edited August 16, 2014 by Parallax

[nli2work]

whats your secret? Infernal Robotics?

[Parallax]

Infernal Robotics/Tweakscale/Mechjeb + custom Autohotkey script

[Darren9]

Utterly brilliant. Are you just activating action groups with Autohotkey? I've got Autoit (a Autohotkey branch) but decided to do it in kOS because I though there could be some input lag from outside KSP, have you noticed any?

[Parallax]

the legs are controlled individually; there are 8 IR hotkeys total for the legs, 2 per leg. I experimented with walking manually to figure out the order in which to move the legs, then scripted it out with autohotkey. If you look closely you will see that I am actually using two different gaits; at the beginning im moving 1 leg at a time, then switch to moving two diagonally-opposite legs at once, which will be the "fast moving gait" once I figure out the timing.

didn't notice any input lag

Edited August 16, 2014 by Parallax

[HafCoJoe]

Ah! It WAS based on that video! I knew it. This thing is pretty awesome.

[nli2work]

pretty awesome, to say the least!

[Parallax]

http://www.gfycat.com/EnlightenedVibrantDrake#?format=gif

http://www.gfycat.com/OffensiveImpishCoral

upgraded for all-terrain use

Edited August 18, 2014 by Parallax

[Parallax]

large version coming along very nicely