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fragmede on July 3, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Launch HN: K-Scale Labs (YC W24) – Open-Source Hum...

obviously there's more to the kinematics than making the legs longer, but can't they just make the legs longer for it to be taller?

codekansas on July 3, 2025 [–]

Longer legs means more inertia on the actuators, which means bigger actuators + bigger battery, which means heavier robot, which means...

fragmede on July 3, 2025 | [–]

right? thanks!

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