Reference

Some of research data and links on Jansen and the mechanism.

Here are the 12 numbers from Jansen's book, the distances between each joint:

Name Relative Length
Upper drive bar 100
Lower drive bar 124
Inside connector bar 79
Outside connector bar 79
Inside soulder 83
Outside shoulder 112
Bottom shoulder 80
Top of foot 73
Inside of foot 98
Outside of foot 131
Drive pin offset 30
Drive to shoulder 76
Shoulder down offset 16

Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Jansen

http://www.strandbeest.com

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=theo+jansen&aq=f

http://clockworkrobot.com/horse/

This link is for a jansen walker built with VEX robotic parts at a receint toy fair:
http://i.gizmodo.com/photogallery/vexwalker/1007065989?viewSize=thumb800x800

This link is for the demo of a phisics engine that happens to have an animated jansen leg walker in it.
http://www.cove.org/ape/demo2.htm

http://www.mechanicalspider.com/comparison.html

http://www.mekanizmalar.com/theo_jansen.shtml