My attempt at a Walking Robot ... Kinda works

Hey your robot looks awesome! I'm pretty sure the odrives are field oriented control which would mean on top of a more linear torque output they should be able to control both torque and rotation output simultaneously. If you paired this with a quasi direct drive system you might be able to make the motion more dynamic and less ridged. The evolution of James brutons dog robots shows how he has started implementing this approach on his later robots. That being said it would involve some massive changes so might not be that feasible! Love watching your videos keep them coming :)

Excellent 🤯 I didn't catch if you have a gyroscope angle sensor, definitely a must for this. Also perhaps try leaning it forward with the ankles first, remember walking is kind of a controlled fall. Looking forward to the next video 👍

I'd subscribe if your last video wasn't 8 months ago. This project is incredible. Your ambition is inspiring. I hope you come back some day.

It looks great so far! Keep going! I'd love to see the final result of your project! It is obvious how hard you've been working on this!

Can't wait for your next video!

Cool stuff. Keep it up! 👍

"It looked good on the CAD, but in real life it's just stupid" 🤣🤣🤣 Welcome to the club my friend.

It looks cool mate! Just checked your channel and I'm really impressed. Keep on going :D

Your project is just amazing , I hope your robot will soon become more stable👍

You have so much potential!! I would not be surprised if you started a big robot company, Wishing you the best!

This channel is amazing!!!!!!!!! I love the content, I hope you upload more videos !!!!! new sub

Yay! Another video finally!

james bruton brought me here - i hope you post more

Are you still working on your robotics projects? It's been a while since I've posted a robot video as well but I'm really getting the itch to get back to building a programming robots. "95% of the work is software." That's my experience with my robot projects as well. As I've often heard (and said) hardware is easy, software is hard. I hope things are going well for you. I look forward to any updates you make.

You should make a crane/rig to hold it up while testing it. I did something similar to my small humanoid robot, and it helped a lot in the testing process

Keep it up!

it been quite the year - two years actually - any updates ? - sure would like to see more from you

Really cool project and looking good! I've always loved the idea of building a robot myself, but I could never think of what I'd have it do once built. Do you have any plans for what it's ultimate purpose might be, such as showing at conventions or such? Or is it mainly a labor of love?

I feel, maybe this can't be a fair test without a load. Like a torso. The compliance may call for it.

Thats really damn impressive for a V1. In my experience things only start looking like they work around V3-4. Whats the progress on the software side of things? I realize making the physical legs is the "easy" part. I still haven't gotten that far, I find it hard to justify spending money on my hobbies, but I've been reading as much as I can on control algorithms for bipedal walking. I think if you want it to walk more naturally and dynamically you'll want more on board sensors rather than a vr tracking setup. The vr setup will give you positional data but I don't think that's going to be too useful for helping it balance as it doesn't tell you about load distribution or the balance of the robot. Perhaps multiple pressure sensors in the feet to let you know where the COM of the robot is and if it's drifting out of the floor footprint of the robot?