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...right leg deflates and springs forward.
In it's deflated state a leg has a spring that lifts it and
moves it
forward. It's shaped such that when inflated it angles
backwards like a rear leg
in the walking cycle. When a leg inflates, the first thing
that blows
up is an accordion like
affair that extends and drops the
foot to
the ground. Then as it continues to blow up, it plumps up
into its
rear facing shape.
A valve cycles between left and right leg
causing the thing to walk.
Design has been simplified:
It would have vents on the left and right "shoulder
blade" area. These vents would aim back and down so when
opened the thing would tilt up and forward in the opposite
direction.
Open the left vent it tilts right, lifts the left foot
forward and pivots taking a step. Close the left vent and
repeat with the right. Picture a fat guy walking flailing his
arms, like "Get out of my way! I need meatloaf!"
Additionally, if you can have valves making the thing walk,
you could easily have valves on the arms as well making
them gesture at your command. Make it wave and such.
https://www.faceboo...v=10152405210714442
You mean this........... [xenzag, Sep 01 2014]
You could do this
https://www.youtube...watch?v=fVcU_tdLNUA
Have 3 or more in sync for additonal awesomeness [doctorremulac3, Sep 02 2014]
Al Harrington
https://www.youtube...watch?v=6GznhT__PXs
[bs0u0155, Sep 02 2014]
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Huh? I haven't even finished and it's got a bone? |
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Is there a critique to go with that? |
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Here's your critique: Those Daisy Dukes you have on smell like you washed them in sauerkraut juice! |
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But that was not my fishbone, just the critique you requested to go with it. |
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My question is power. Would this thing drag the inflation apparatus with it? Or would it pace a circle around a central blower apparatus? |
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It should have the word "Wacky" sort of "Wacky Flailing Leg
Inflatable Tube Man" thing.... not my bone. |
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A) What makes you assume I'm wearing pants? and |
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B) All REAL men smell like sauerkraut juice. |
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It would pace in a circle but after eating ice cream
on a gorgeous day here in my beloved, beautiful
Monterey, I've
improved the design. |
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It would have vents on the left and right "shoulder
blade" area. These vents would aim back and down
so when opened the thing would tilt up and
forward in the opposite direction. |
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Open the left vent it tilts right, lifts the left foot
forward and pivots taking a step. Close the left
vent and repeat with the right. Picture a fat guy
walking flailing his arms, like "Get out of my way! I
need meatloaf!" |
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It walks, it flails, it amazes. |
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//It should have the word "Wacky" sort of "Wacky
Flailing Leg Inflatable Tube Man" thing// |
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LOL. I posted this idea from my iPhone with the
little screen with everything real close together.
It appears I've boned myself. Not the first time
that's happened in my life. Yup. I accidentally
boned myself and then, like a bird picking a fight
with the mirror said "Hey! Who boned me!!!" |
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You know what? I'm putting that bone back as
penance. |
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I don't really understand why it's not naked. And on a spring. [+] |
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quit boning yourself
quit boning yourself... |
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[+] but would suggest some sound effects need to be
added. |
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//quit boning yourself
quit boning yourself...// |
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I would have also accepted: "Why you boning
yourself? Why you boning yourself? Why you boning
yourself?" |
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The vents should have razzers in them so it makes farting noises as it progresses. |
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You could mount the generator on the front of your float and walk this thing down the street in a parade. |
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Is it a an ostrich? is it a dodo? its Flailing Man. |
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Surely this device could produce bagpipe music as it
perambulates? |
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It CAN, in clear breach of the Geneva convention. |
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//produce bagpipe music//
Accordian music, shirley?
//It appears I've boned myself//
You should probably see a doctor for that...
A small battery powered compressor in each foot and careful arrangement of inflating sections should allow "untethered" walking. Using inflatable (albeit smaller and high pressure) bladders for robots is an existing technology. |
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Just realized, if you can have valves making the thing
walk, you could easily have valves on the arms as
well making them gesture at your command. Make it
wave and such. |
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Couldn't you just get a drunk? |
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Is that like getting asleep or agog? |
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Occurs to me you could just have a retrofit couple of omni-directional jets attached to the arm holes. |
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You could make it do the YMCA dance. |
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are you crowd-sourcing innovation right now? I worry where
this will lead. |
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I don't know, is there big money in being a dancing inflatable man mogul? |
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//are you crowd-sourcing innovation right now? I worry where this will lead. |
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Consistently amazed there isn't a direction connection between here and kickstarter....how the pennies would roll in.. |
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It could have an inflatable mallet in each hand and then be called Whacky Wacky &c. &c. |
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