I have seen a fair few images of this crazy walking machine over the years, but only recently spotted this video. Looks like it was really hard work for the operator to get it to walk, but very intuitive for moving objects around!
Early Quadruped
Early Quadruped Walking Machine
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Early Quadruped Walking Machine
by Matt Denton » Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:34 pm
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Re: Early Quadruped Walking Machine
by Matt Denton » Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:19 pm
Forgot to post these pictures to go with it, love the artists impression!
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Re: Early Quadruped Walking Machine
by Zenta » Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:31 am
That was really impressive thinking of when it was made.
"Exhausted after 15 minutes" .. LOL, I can imagine that.. Also very impressive how accurate control he had and also kept the quad in balance.
"Exhausted after 15 minutes" .. LOL, I can imagine that.. Also very impressive how accurate control he had and also kept the quad in balance.
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Re: Early Quadruped Walking Machine
by Matt Denton » Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:57 pm
Really impressive when you think there was no electrical system controlling the proportional hydraulics, from what I can understand it was all mechanical linkages from operator to control valves including force feedback! 
There's and article here in an 1969 edition of popular science.
There's and article here in an 1969 edition of popular science.
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Re: Early Quadruped Walking Machine
by rwt » Mon Mar 21, 2011 3:20 pm
Nice. Looks like it would easily take the win at big obstacles.
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