🚀 go-pugleaf

hello!
  i am currently in the design stage of a hexapod(six-legged) robot.
the robot will be completely based on hydraulics(sp?) and there will be
numerous computers controlling it(i.e. one per leg; different behaviors)
almost like a subsumption based architecture. i am still trying to get the
big picture of the project...but i have some places i do not know what to do.
like, how am i going to get feedback from the legs (i.e. how far they moved)
in a wheel based robot this is no problem, just use an encoder shaft, but with
legs i do see an easy solution? i will more or likely be using miniboards,
since they are so small and i will need a lot of microcontrollers on the 
robot...(i got my boards oct. 2 yeah!) :) i would also like to know if there
is somehow i may be able to get papers on robotic control systems and/or
legged robot and their design? would anyone be interested in a periodic posting
to this group on our progress? any help would be appreciated...thanks in 
advance...
					mechanically yours,
					  bri
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brian o. bush
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