
Forum member, SickBrick, has posted information about his newest LEGO Mindstorms NXT robot called NXTMECH — a biped using two intelligent bricks and six (thanks Edwin) motors. Very cool. Pictures and video available!
I was never really a fan of chicken walkers, but hey, they’re a lot easier to build than humanoid bipeds.
the mechanics are pretty simple. The motor is pretty much directly connected to the joint at the hips. at the knees they’re connected to one gear and at the ankle its a worm gear with some gear reduction. and then somehow just get them nxt bricks on there - which i should modify so you can add the rechargeable batteries. but its ok.
programming on the other hand, is nothing short of a college level trial and error, mathematics and physics set of equations. getting it to walk will take me some time. on one of my videos, i got it to stand up and the other to lean left and right..without falling over. (which has happened many times already)