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Spidery Walker

C-Motion IK Rigging
Personal Thesis Experimentation _ AADRL
Duration _ August 2022
Cinema4D Rigging Project

Overview

The Spidery Walker is a conceptualized mobile robot. This entity is able to maneuver its four legs in order to walk around a desolate city as well as traverse uneven grounds. Its center point, or its body, provides the core of mechanics, allowing for a centralized system within the sphere. Its upper four legs are arranged 45 degrees off from its bottom legs in order to maintain balance as it moves. As its main purpose is to traverse various landscapes, it is capable of having a 5-axis movement, meaning each rotation of the body results in consistent movement.

The model was conceived and rigged in Cinema4D, using an IK Chain setup and C-Motion mobility. Various graphs such a sin waves and exponentials were used to achieve the specific movement from one place to another. Its displacement is set through the mobility range of the legs themselves.
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