Comparison of crank based leg mechanism/extra simple walker

The "extra simple walker" based on http://www.instructables.com/id/Extra-simple-walking-mechanism/ is not relevant enough for its own wikipedia article.

However: Being very simple makes it a good base line. The mechanism is by no means ideal, but it is possible to build a vehicle around it.

The basic mechanism looks like this:

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  Base Mechanism

The vehicle looks like this:

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  Dimensions

So. lets look at the walking vehicle:

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  Walking robot

The green base plate is going up and down a lot. It would be a very hard ride, just from the up and down. Not as easy to see is the speed variation:

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  Speed

Now take a very close look at the animation:

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  with speed plotted

Gallery

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  Base Mechanism
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  Robot hold still
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  Walking robot
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  with speed plotted
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  3D-Animation