Three-legged robot "STriDER" with strange movements

A movie of three-legged robot STriDER (Self-excited Tripedal Dynamic Experimental Robot) being researched and developed at the Virginia Tech University in the USA. Unlike the three-legged robot seen in movies, I am doing a very unusual movement.

Detail · Movie is from the following. The movie in which the robot actually moves
YouTube - STriDER 2.0's First Step


Movie of foot joint mechanism
YouTube - STriDER 2.0's Joint Aligning Mechanism


Robot description movie
YouTube - STriDER: Self-excited Tripedal Dynamic Experimental Robot


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