My brain’s getting itself in gear to make my Hexy do some awesome things, but I don’t have any experience programming robots. I’m hoping that my Engineering Mechanics/ Dynamics lectures should suffice to walk me through the kinematic side of things (determining where limbs/feet will be for a given set of control inputs), but I’m going into totally new ground with inverse-kinematics (determining the control inputs necessary for a given position of limb/foot).
Two branches here then:
Kinematics
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[]What are the centres of rotation for the “hips” of a Hexy (ideally from an obvious point on the body) in Cartesian co-ordinates (in mm if possible)?[/]
[]How long are each of the sections of the legs (from centre of rotation to centre of rotation)?[/]
[]What have I forgotten to ask regarding making a kinematic model of a Hexy?[/]
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Inverse-Kinematics
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[]What are good online resources for learning about inverse-kinematics?[/]
[]Does anyone have any clever ideas for algorithms to determine an exact solution to the problem, given the non-trivial nature of this beastie?[/]
[]What have I forgotten to ask regarding making an inverse-kinematic model of a Hexy?[/]
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