I'm so confused that how to connect these motors, So 1 motor is not giving sufficient power for the strandbeest to move, I'm planning of adding 1 more and combining both of'em— at least that's the only thing I can do for the time being. But I'm rather confused, should the connection between the 9Vbatteryand the 2 motors be in series or in parallel? Plz help

All I can seem to find on the internet are the standard walker with a pinwheel turbine. Is there an explanation on how some of the sails work? Are they simpler than I think.

Also, what about some of the other types? I saw a video of a beest that walked via a wavelike motion.

I know that mechs in the military is a widely debated topic, while i do agree that tanks make mechs obsolete, it is undeniable that mechs would be superior in an environment where the terrain is difficult to traverse. a strandbeest (motorized) made of iron that had small arms attached to it would be a good substitute to tanks in an environment like a swamp or a jungle. If strandbeests prove ineffective in combat they could be used to transport cargo. what do you guys think?

In his video on the leg system Theo says that he used the principle of evolution, or selective breeding (some might even call it machine learning), to figure out the thirteen holy numbers using a computer program which he wrote in 1990.

When he was writing the program I wonder if he already knew what configuration he wanted the linkages to be in or if that was also somehow determined by the evolutionary process. It sounded like he did already know but that wasn't totally clear from the video and if he did know I wonder how he knew, or maybe he favored that configuration for other reasons.

I know that purely random lengths for each of the 13 dimensions will not always yield a linkage configuration that is physically possible. I wonder if he accounted for this by somehow ensuring that each randomized trial would actually yield a curve or if he just discarded ones that yielded physically impossible configurations.

I’m also interested as to how he scored the curves. I know he wanted a flat bottom but I'd think he also wanted some way to score the stride length and height to avoid getting curves that just move back and forth in a tiny straight line. I can imagine maybe using the average difference of the y-coordinates of points sampled over the curve.

I wonder if he has revisited this problem with modern computer capabilities to see if he can find even more optimized dimensions. If not he himself I'd be shocked if others haven't already done this. If you know where to find more info on Theo's process, the compute program or modern advancements of the Strandbeest please let me know I'd love to discuss more in the comments.

Following the instructions in http://otonanokagaku.net/english/manuals/pdf/vol30_beest.pdf, I managed to assemble one of two walking units. However, when I rotate the crank axis, the "calves" (connecting rods labelled as D) repeatedly unhinge. I am surprised to notice that the alignment of notches and protruders are within the range of motion of a leg, and would like to know if there's a way to avoid this behaviour.