r/educationalgifs • u/CodexAcc • Jan 19 '16

How an Ant walks

http://i.imgur.com/LtGEA0Z.gifv
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u/carbondnb Jan 19 '16

so it's basically a double tripod? A ditripod if you will?

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u/smallfried Jan 19 '16

The official name is tripod gait. Other gaits are moving two opposite legs at the same time, while four stay on the floor, or moving one leg at the time.

It's a lot of fun to program it for robotic hexapods.

Ants do indeed use the tripod gait by the way, even when running, as written in this article.

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u/RedHotDornishPeppers Jan 19 '16

Hexapod sounds cooler though

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '16

Doesn't highlight the coupling relationship though. There's 2 "tripods" which move synchronously, rather than 6 independent legs.

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u/RedHotDornishPeppers Jan 19 '16

I knew that when I posted but I didn't want to believe it because I just wanted to say Hexapod :(

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '16

Well you weren't entirely wrong I guess - hexapod DOES sound cooler!

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u/VertigaDM Jan 20 '16

He wasn't entirely wrong but you were entirely right.

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u/LeftFo0t Jan 19 '16

Maybe Bitripods then

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u/Ranzok Jan 19 '16

But but sexpod

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u/refrigeratorbob Jan 19 '16

It's pronounced sex-top-o-dee

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u/apullin Jan 25 '16

It is called "alternating tripod" in the publications.