Posted by Rey Alicea (64.136.26.13) on October 24, 2003 at 14:53:35:
In Reply to: Re: Bessler Hamster Wheel posted by Jonathan on October 20, 2003 at 20:33:56:
Here are some links that you may find interesting...
http://tam.cornell.edu/~ruina/hplab/downloads/walking_papers/CollinsWisseRuina.pdf
http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/April98/tinkertoy.walker.ssl.html
http://www.bsn.com/Cycling/other/tinker_galley.pdf
http://www.angelfire.com/mi/rampwalkers/index.html
http://www.walkingtoys.com/
http://www.pediatric-orthopedics.com/Topics/Walking_AFOs/WalkingTheory/walkingtheory.html
Just think of the inside of a wheel like a hill with two sides...then it should be possible to construct a passive dynamic mechanism that is powered by gravity to move the wheel.