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Scout drone
« on: June 15, 2012, 07:02:21 pm »
Well, some of you might've seen this on the IRC over the past month or so, so, without further ado:
http://egzodus.com/dir/SCT_DR.jpg


The model and the rest will be released once i finish animating the thing.
Textures were made in 1024x1024, a mixture of photoshop and Cinema4D. Modelling also in C4D.
Totals in at 978 triangles.

Also, have a youtube video of an early walk cycle test: Courtesy of Youtube
« Last Edit: June 24, 2012, 05:47:43 pm by pecenipicek »

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Re: Scout drone [50k go home]
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2012, 08:17:24 pm »
BTW, it is very nice, but it looks strange. I dont see how it can walk with only 4 paws.

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Re: Scout drone [50k go home]
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2012, 08:35:36 pm »
BTW, it is very nice, but it looks strange. I dont see how it can walk with only 4 paws.
i'm currently mulling that one over myself. i'll try to figure something out.

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Re: Scout drone [50k go home]
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2012, 08:57:49 pm »
BTW, it is very nice, but it looks strange. I dont see how it can walk with only 4 paws.

Why not? Any pose which got the center of mass projected to earth within the polygon made by connecting outer contact points is statically stable.
Thats's why we've got a long feet whose backsides are as back down as our shoulders -- to provide a stable standing pose.

With this bot, statically stable walking seems pretty much simple: for each leg, shift balance a bit so COM is inside the triangle made by other 3 legs, move that leg to the new position, repeat with the next leg.

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Re: Scout drone [50k go home]
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2012, 09:23:54 pm »
Awesome!

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Re: Scout drone [50k go home]
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2012, 12:16:41 am »
With this bot, statically stable walking seems pretty much simple: for each leg, shift balance a bit so COM is inside the triangle made by other 3 legs, move that leg to the new position, repeat with the next leg.


And there you have it.
Pretty much how most terrestrial animals do it too, from what I remember.

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Re: Scout drone [50k go home]
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2012, 08:12:19 am »
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And there you have it.
Pretty much how most terrestrial animals do it too, from what I remember.
They dont have the same legs location. Legs are much more under the body, next to the gravity center.
Sure, it also can work with 2, or only with one leg, but i will not bet money on that design, that's all.

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Re: Scout drone [50k go home]
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2012, 11:59:49 am »
AHEM:





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Re: Scout drone [50k go home]
« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2012, 06:48:22 pm »
Nice robot. The first one is very cool with his wheel.

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Re: Scout drone [50k go home]
« Reply #9 on: June 24, 2012, 05:47:22 pm »
Here's a video of a run cycle of sorts.

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Re: Scout drone
« Reply #10 on: June 24, 2012, 07:44:05 pm »
nice job - so only the deaths animations are missing?

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Re: Scout drone
« Reply #11 on: June 24, 2012, 08:37:43 pm »
nice job - so only the deaths animations are missing?
deaths and walking variants. stand anims are basically "idle" animations, right?

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Re: Scout drone
« Reply #12 on: June 24, 2012, 08:39:17 pm »
yes, stand is just idle. we need different stand animations for human due to the way some weapons are hold. but this is not needed in this case.

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Re: Scout drone
« Reply #13 on: June 24, 2012, 08:43:15 pm »
yes, stand is just idle. we need different stand animations for human due to the way some weapons are hold. but this is not needed in this case.
oh. i just thought they were basically the old "twiddle your thumbs and look around" type animations.

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Re: Scout drone
« Reply #14 on: July 01, 2012, 01:14:57 am »
here are some reworked animations. feedback much appreciated :)

http://youtu.be/4wwxx2VFO8I?hd=1