A bit new to things

[lonnietc]

Hi All,

I am researching to possibly initially build something similar to the MIT Cheetah and was looking for alternatives to their motor which is expensive. Especially in that you need 12 of them. I reasoned that perhaps one could use a standard BLDC motor and Planetary Gearbox assembly for 8 DOF and the MIT Motor for 4 DOF and still retain the power to do things like back-flips, etc.

In any case, I came across the OpenTorque project and motor development and wondered if it could be used instead?

If this were to go well then may it could be produced cheaper and also used in more advanced bipedal projects to come in the future if this works.

Any suggestions or insights would be very helpful. Cheers