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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 1994 03:47:32 GMT
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August R. Wohlt (wohlt@seas.upenn.edu) wrote:

: I've got a question for anyone with some time on their hands:

: Does anyone know how a spider walks?  Leg movements, etc.
: and how they might compare to say a ladybug.  It's for a robotics
: experiment.

: i can't seem to find any literature/info, non-netsurfer that i am.

: *pointers, please.

: ------
: August R. Wohlt (GoosE)
: wohlt@eniac.seas.upenn.edu



August,
	In the old dayz of robotics when I was young and we wanted to 
know how a spyder walks, we had a unique approach.  We watched a spyder.  
Now watching a spyder is not as easy as it sounds, ergo it is an important 
skill to learn.  If you want to be realy  good in robotics you need to 
develop that old ability to observe and take notes.  Now if you want to 
do comparative walking studies, it is necessary to study two bugs.

This is NOT a waste of time.  It is the essential study of motion.  Do 
it, learn it and love it.  It's not reinventing the wheel because until 
you internalize the process you just will not "get" robotics.  Learn what 
you can now, you'll use it all later.

Sorry to be such a prick
Peter Plantec
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