Strandbeest

Theo Jansen linkage · every bar a rigid body · Rapier constraint solver · walks on friction only

Distance0.0m
Avg speed0.00m/s
Speed now0.00m/s
Crank0rpm
Frame0fps
Physics0.0ms
Feet down0/ 12
Sim time0s
Walking
Traced foot path (simulated, in machine frame)
Analytic Jansen curve for the current link lengths
Drag orbit · Scroll zoom · F follow · K skeleton · T foot path · Space pause · X cut power · R reset

Live parameters

canonical

Jansen link lengths holy numbers · edit to rebuild

Any change rebuilds the machine in place. The joints are rebuilt at the new bar lengths, so the mechanism physically changes — the analytic curve (orange) shows what the geometry predicts; the cyan trace is what the physics actually does.

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