ICHIRO THE WALKING ROBOT
Ichiro is a playful robot with a beautiful designed walking motion. An inspiring wind-up toy reflecting the motions of nature. The current simple anatomy allows a forward motion only, hence the name Ichiro. It means “one road”, and refers to the straightforward motion and character.
A prototype was made using the SLS 3D printing technique with dimensions 25 x 18 x 6 cm. The prototype demonstrates the mechanism by a specially designed open body. The walking motion appears when manually rotating the shaft.
The unique “Tilted Shaft” propulsion drives the six legs with only a single rotating shaft. This allows for example a simple wind-up mechanism to make the robot walk for entertainment purposes, or provides a stable drive for engineering applications.
oktober 27th, 2009 at %H:%M
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