Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago

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Learn how to animate this quadruped LEGO MINDSTORMS walker by synchronizing four motors in Python. The system is both simple and powerful: you use 'key frames' or key motor positions in time and interpolate everything in between.

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-- Chapters --
00:00 - End result
00:25 - Set up
08:17 - Motor animation offsets
12:21 - Fast/slow movement like a real dog
18:01 - Hanplant GELO Animation.
27:32 - Handplant result