Traditional stilts have been known in many countries in Asia and Africa and are generally used as toys. The designis very simple, but their use is very difficult. Performers have to train intensively to control their stability so they can walk using them. An interesting challenge is what kind of physical formulation controls the stability of traditional stilts. In this paper, we report a simple physical formulation to explain the mechanics of traditional stilts. The traditional stilts can be considered as an alternating inverted pendulum stabilized by hand and a physical pendulum pivoting at the hand. Experiments were also carried out using a stilt made of bamboo rods. We identified a number of parameters that control the stability of the stilts. This type of research can become a topic for research-based learning at universities.

传统的高跷在亚洲和非洲的许多国家中已经广为人知，通常用作玩具。设计很简单，但使用起来却很困难。表演者必须进行密集训练以控制他们的稳定性，以便他们可以使用它们行走。一个有趣的挑战是什么样的物理配方可以控制传统高跷的稳定性。在本文中，我们报告了一个简单的物理公式来解释传统高跷的力学。传统的高跷可以被认为是一个交替的用手稳定的倒立摆和一个在手上旋转的物理摆。还使用竹杆制成的高跷进行了实验。我们确定了许多控制高跷稳定性的参数。这种类型的研究可以成为大学研究型学习的主题。