Ah . . . The Human Machine blessed with truly amazing complexity involved to make exponential computations that would explode a super-computer by just walking across an everyday beach . . . or fairway . . . or even to retrieve another barley soda.
Witness its splendor and glory . . .
I posed a question to y'all: WHAT IS WALKING?
Boosted a few things from the internet on Walking Simulation:
Passive-dynamics presupposes that the motion we understand as walking may in fact largely be the natural dynamical consequence of the mass properties of the human body. That is, people may mostly let their legs swing as they would on their own, then add a little control and power, yielding a gait with inherently low energetic and control demands.
Human walking can be approximated as a mechanical process governed by Newton's laws of motion and not controlled.
Some Results in Passive-Dynamic Walking (Garcia, Ruina & Coleman)
Look at how this fine human specimine above is built in comparison to the "Walking Machine" in the previous post. Look how the Mass is arranged. The majority of the Mass is in the big mellon head plus about 250 lbs of serious Camero Mullet, back hair and the trunk. The majority of the mass is dristributed atop to legs that are relatively less massive.
So I pose the question again . . . WHAT IS WALKING?
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Last edited by 12 piece bucket : 02-21-2006 at 10:47 PM.
Walking is a method of moving the feet in a pendulous motion. The trunk shifts the hips and the quads flex the knee to the point that the foot is lifted off the ground and the leg can swing forward. Once the foot strikes the ground in a heel-to-toe motion, it creates traction allowing the weight to shift forward and repeat the process.
It's amazing how hard it is to describe something we do all the time unconciously. Since this is a TGM site, it seems you want to draw the parallels from golfing machine the a walking machine?
Walking is a method of moving the feet in a pendulous motion. The trunk shifts the hips and the quads flex the knee to the point that the foot is lifted off the ground and the leg can swing forward. Once the foot strikes the ground in a heel-to-toe motion, it creates traction allowing the weight to shift forward and repeat the process.
It's amazing how hard it is to describe something we do all the time unconciously. Since this is a TGM site, it seems you want to draw the parallels from golfing machine the a walking machine?
Ah the Devilish Mr. RChang72,
I trust that you are doing well. Feel free to embark upon any chiding that you may wish regarding the victorious Goober Squad over my young impressionable friends from just up the road. Quite frankly I was disappointed that you didn't drop the blade upon my neck after being taken to task by Bucket in the fortnight leading up to the contest. Have you fallen ill? I imagine that you will have your Rat Face on in the next get together?
It is to my chagrin that I must admit that you have certainly received an excellent education at the University of New Jersey at Durham. Would you like to summarily postulate a connection of the dots?
I have some theories upon our beloved Golfing Machine and human locomtion but I would certainly be delighted to hear your presupposition upon the subject at hand.
To ponder . . . what do you think the impetus to be in walking?
Very well then.
Good day sir.
Bucket
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Last edited by 12 piece bucket : 02-21-2006 at 11:58 PM.
I trust that you are doing well. Feel free to embark upon any chiding that you may wish regarding the victorious Goober Squad over my young impressionable friends from just up the road. Quite frankly I was disappointed that you didn't drop the blade upon my neck after being taken to task by Bucket in the fortnight leading up to the contest. Have you fallen ill? I imagine that you will have your Rat Face on in the next get together?
Well, after enough contests, learned to wait until the end of the season to gloat. Have some conflicting memories of '91 when we lost to those baby blues by 30 in the ACC Championship, only to pull off one of the greatest upsets in NCAA history over the Running Fugitives of UNLV.
Back to the point, you can even draw more parallels when you consider divying up a walking machine in to zones 1(trunk & hips), 2 (leg & knees), 3 (feet & ankle). Zone 1 powers & positions the legs and feet. Zone 2 is the lever assembly. Zone 3 is predominantly sensing(or propioception) to make sure the walking is correct.
Since I know you have young kids, you probably remember how your lil Parfait hesitantly took his first steps. My boys all started by mostly by focusing on their feet. Not recognizing that the trunk could do the work, it was a bit herky-jerky. But once the feet are "educated". They let it swing & it is much smoother.
Ah . . . The Human Machine blessed with truly amazing complexity involved to make exponential computations that would explode a super-computer by just walking across an everyday beach . . . or fairway . . . or even to retrieve another barley soda.
Witness its splendor and glory . . .
I posed a question to y'all: WHAT IS WALKING?
Boosted a few things from the internet on Walking Simulation:
Passive-dynamics presupposes that the motion we understand as walking may in fact largely be the natural dynamical consequence of the mass properties of the human body. That is, people may mostly let their legs swing as they would on their own, then add a little control and power, yielding a gait with inherently low energetic and control demands.
Human walking can be approximated as a mechanical process governed by Newton's laws of motion and not controlled.
Some Results in Passive-Dynamic Walking (Garcia, Ruina & Coleman)
Look at how this fine human specimine above is built in comparison to the "Walking Machine" in the previous post. Look how the Mass is arranged. The majority of the Mass is in the big mellon head plus about 250 lbs of serious Camero Mullet, back hair and the trunk. The majority of the mass is dristributed atop to legs that are relatively less massive.
So I pose the question again . . . WHAT IS WALKING?
12-Piece,
May I suggest a warning be placed on your forum that food not be consumed while reading your posts. I almost choked on dinner while reading about the "Camaro Mullet".
May I suggest a warning be placed on your forum that food not be consumed while reading your posts. I almost choked on dinner while reading about the "Camaro Mullet".
CG
Cometgolfer,
Better that you "almost" choke upon your dinner than to disturb the most violent and nefarious character that is the Camaro Mullet. Such a mistake in judgement could lead your being choked and consumed for dinner.
This creature is extremely dangerous. Its habitat is typically Adult Book Store Parking Lots, Office Supply sections of Walmarts where it can be found sniffing magic markers, sand boxes, and mama's underwear drawers where sniffing is also taking place. Should you ever hear Dokken, Black Sabbath, or Ratt cacophonously being emitted from an 80's circa muscle cars, you should turn and walk away . . .
quickly.
Here is a more gaunt version of the same.
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Last edited by 12 piece bucket : 02-22-2006 at 12:13 AM.
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