In article <3884A235.14DCB903@fci.net>, Pov### [at] aolcom wrote:

> Easy.  You place 3 legs, move the other 3 forward, place them, and move 
> the other 3.
> Repeat.  A tripod is the most stable construct with legs.

As I remember, this gait is used by many insects at normal speeds. 
However, at higher speeds some switch to a more complex one which makes 
for more efficient movement, and which uses active balance rather than 
passive balance.(active balance would be actively regulating body and 
limb position, passive is resting on a stable tripod at all times.) This 
behavior has also been seen in hexapod robots that "learn" to walk by 
themselves.
Of course, for the purposes of this type of animation, the first gait 
would be fine. And besides, I think it usually takes some adaptive 
artificial intelligence to control the other kind.(anyone want to 
program a neural net in POV-Ray?)

-- 
Chris Huff
e-mail: chr### [at] yahoocom
Web page: http://chrishuff.dhs.org/

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